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
Sacha Guitry
as Talleyrand
Gianna Maria Canale
as Pauline Borghese
Jacques Dumesnil
as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Yves Montand
as Lefebvre
Anne Carrère
as Madame Hamelin (uncredited)
Louis de Funès
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Noël Roquevert
as General Cambronne
Michèle Morgan
as Joséphine de Beauharnais
Jeanne Boitel
as Madame de Dino
Maria Schell
as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
Roland Alexandre
as Count of Blanc-Mesnil
Lucien Baroux
as Louis XVIII
Maria Favella
as Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited)
Gilbert Gil
as Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)
Daniel Gélin
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Clément Duhour
as Marshal Michel Ney
Dany Robin
as Désirée Clary
Maurice Teynac
as Count Emmanuel de Las Cases
Henri Vidal
as Marshal Joachim Murat
Daniel Ivernel
as Cambacérès (uncredited)
Paul Dupuis
as Neipperg
Pauline Carton
as An innkeeper
Maurice Escande
as Louis XV (uncredited)
Marie Mansart
as Madame Bertrand (uncredited)
Nicole Maurey
as Madame Tallien (uncredited)
Jean Chevrier
as General Duroc
Cosetta Greco
as Elisa Baccioli
Serge Reggiani
as Lucien Bonaparte
Michèle Cordoue
as Laetitia
Jean Danet
as General Gourgaud
Jean Debucourt
as Count Joseph Fouché
Jean Marchat
as General Bertrand (uncredited)
Dora Doll
as 'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
Armand Mestral
as Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
Raymond Pellegrin
as Old Napoléon Bonaparte
Gilbert Bokanowski
as Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Pierre Brasseur
as Barras
Danielle Darrieux
as Eléonore Denuelle
Jean Marais
as Count Montholon
Lana Marconi
as Marie Walewska
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely
O.W. Fischer
as Karl von Metternich
Roger Pigaut
as Marquis de Caulaincourt
Erich von Stroheim
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Orson Welles
as Sir Hudson Lowe
Robert Manuel
as Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)
Jean Gabin
as Marshal Jean Lannes
Madeleine Lebeau
as Emilie Pellapra
Luis Mariano
as Garat
Patachou
as Madame Sans-Gêne
Micheline Presle
as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Bernard Dhéran
as Bourrienne (uncredited)