Désirée
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
Director Henry Koster
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.
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Cast
Cathleen Nesbitt
Mme. Bonaparte
Richard Deacon
Etienne Clary
Harry Carter
Coachman (uncredited)
Isobel Elsom
Mme. Clary
Merle Oberon
Empress Josephine
Cameron Mitchell
Joseph Bonaparte
Evelyn Varden
Marie
Alan Napier
Despreaux
Mary Stewart
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Gilman
Fouche (uncredited)
Violet Rensing
Marie Louise (uncredited)
Marlon Brando
Napoleon Bonaparte
Arthur Tovey
Council Member (uncredited)
Louis Borel
Baron Morner (uncredited)
Sven Hugo Borg
Aide (uncredited)
George Calliga
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marina Koshetz
Singer (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Josephine's Escort (uncredited)
Michael Rennie
Bernadotte
Lester Matthews
Caulaincourt (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Servant (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Hoyt
Talleyrand
Richard Garrick
Count Regnaud (uncredited)
Kay E. Kuter
Lackey (uncredited)
Jack Mather
Sergeant (uncredited)
Peter Bourne
Count Brahe (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
General Becker (uncredited)
Edith Evanson
Queen Hedwig
Bess Flowers
Attendant Holding Baby at Palace Ball
Carolyn Jones
Mme. Tallien
Jean Simmons
Desiree Clary
Charlotte Austin
Paulette Bonaparte
Ted Mapes
Court Member (uncredited)
Elizabeth Sellars
Julie
Dorothy Neumann
Queen Sofia
Gene Roth
Von Essen