Napoleon

Napoleon

1955-03-25 190 min ★ 6.3

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.

Cast

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