Désirée
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
DramaRomance
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.
DirectorHenry Koster
Trailer
Cast
Alan Napier
Despreaux
Louis Borel
Baron Morner (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sven Hugo Borg
Aide (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Coachman (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
General Becker (uncredited)
Marlon Brando
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elizabeth Sellars
Julie
Richard Deacon
Etienne Clary
Edith Evanson
Queen Hedwig
George Calliga
Party Guest (uncredited)
Cameron Mitchell
Joseph Bonaparte
Arthur Tovey
Council Member (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Bernadotte
Charlotte Austin
Paulette Bonaparte
Dorothy Neumann
Queen Sofia
Cosmo Sardo
Party Guest (uncredited)
Merle Oberon
Empress Josephine
Isobel Elsom
Mme. Clary
Richard Garrick
Count Regnaud (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Court Member (uncredited)
Lester Matthews
Caulaincourt (uncredited)
John Hoyt
Talleyrand
Kay E. Kuter
Lackey (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Josephine's Escort (uncredited)
Peter Bourne
Count Brahe (uncredited)
Violet Rensing
Marie Louise (uncredited)
Jean Simmons
Desiree Clary
Cathleen Nesbitt
Mme. Bonaparte
Sam Gilman
Fouche (uncredited)
Marina Koshetz
Singer (uncredited)
Evelyn Varden
Marie
Bess Flowers
Attendant Holding Baby at Palace Ball
Gene Roth
Von Essen
Carolyn Jones
Mme. Tallien
Jack Mather
Sergeant (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Servant (uncredited)