Napoleon
Napoléon
Release: 1955-03-25
·Runtime: 190m
·★ 6.3
Drama
History
War
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Francinex
Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.)
Filmsonor
Rizzoli Film
Cast
Jean Chevrier
as General Duroc
Dany Robin
as Désirée Clary
Maria Schell
as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
Maria Favella
as Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited)
Gilbert Gil
as Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)
Daniel Ivernel
as Cambacérès (uncredited)
Paul Dupuis
as Neipperg
Daniel Gélin
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Michèle Morgan
as Joséphine de Beauharnais
Clément Duhour
as Marshal Michel Ney
Jean Gabin
as Marshal Jean Lannes
Yves Montand
as Lefebvre
Micheline Presle
as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Serge Reggiani
as Lucien Bonaparte
Erich von Stroheim
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Maurice Teynac
as Count Emmanuel de Las Cases
Marie Mansart
as Madame Bertrand (uncredited)
Jean Marchat
as General Bertrand (uncredited)
Nicole Maurey
as Madame Tallien (uncredited)
Anne Carrère
as Madame Hamelin (uncredited)
Dora Doll
as 'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
Louis de Funès
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Jeanne Boitel
as Madame de Dino
Gilbert Bokanowski
as Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Madeleine Lebeau
as Emilie Pellapra
Lucien Baroux
as Louis XVIII
Jean Danet
as General Gourgaud
Maurice Escande
as Louis XV (uncredited)
Sacha Guitry
as Talleyrand
Gianna Maria Canale
as Pauline Borghese
Danielle Darrieux
as Eléonore Denuelle
Jacques Dumesnil
as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
O.W. Fischer
as Karl von Metternich
Luis Mariano
as Garat
Orson Welles
as Sir Hudson Lowe
Roland Alexandre
as Count of Blanc-Mesnil
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely
Cosetta Greco
as Elisa Baccioli
Jean Marais
as Count Montholon
Patachou
as Madame Sans-Gêne
Roger Pigaut
as Marquis de Caulaincourt
Noël Roquevert
as General Cambronne
Henri Vidal
as Marshal Joachim Murat
Pauline Carton
as An innkeeper
Pierre Brasseur
as Barras
Lana Marconi
as Marie Walewska
Armand Mestral
as Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
Michèle Cordoue
as Laetitia
Bernard Dhéran
as Bourrienne (uncredited)
Raymond Pellegrin
as Old Napoléon Bonaparte
Jean Debucourt
as Count Joseph Fouché
Robert Manuel
as Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)