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Napoléon

Napoléon

Release: 1955-03-25 ·Runtime: 190m ·★ 6.3
Drame Histoire Guerre

1821. Talleyrand apprend la mort de l'Empereur. Pressé par un petit auditoire de curieux et de diplomates, il consent, pourvu que ce soit à sa manière, à raconter Napoléon. Voici l'éducation à Brienne, le premier succès militaire à Toulon. Dès lors nous verrons Bonaparte, qui s'occupe des affaires intérieures, de la guerre ou des femmes, remporter toutes les batailles. Du Consulat à l'Empire, de Joséphine à Marie-Louise, du Pont d'Arcole à Wagram. Mais il y a aussi Moscou et l'île d'Elbe, Waterloo et Sainte-Hélène. Et enfin, toujours vu par Talleyrand, l'entrée de l'Empereur dans le Panthéon imaginaire que son destin lui réservait.

Production Countries

France Italy

Production Companies

Francinex
Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.)
Filmsonor
Rizzoli Film

Cast

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