Désirée (1954)
"The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!"

Title: Désirée
Original Title: Désirée
Release Date: 1954-11-16
Status: Released
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 44 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Romance
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral 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.
Cast

Marlon Brando
Napoleon Bonaparte

Jean Simmons
Desiree Clary

Merle Oberon
Empress Josephine

Michael Rennie
Bernadotte

Cameron Mitchell
Joseph Bonaparte

Elizabeth Sellars
Julie

Charlotte Austin
Paulette Bonaparte

Cathleen Nesbitt
Mme. Bonaparte

Evelyn Varden
Marie

Isobel Elsom
Mme. Clary