Désirée
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
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.
Cast
Marlon BrandoNapoleon Bonaparte 
Jean SimmonsDesiree Clary 
Merle OberonEmpress Josephine 
Michael RennieBernadotte 
Cameron MitchellJoseph Bonaparte 
Elizabeth SellarsJulie 
Charlotte AustinPaulette Bonaparte 
Cathleen NesbittMme. Bonaparte 
Evelyn VardenMarie 
Isobel ElsomMme. Clary 
John HoytTalleyrand 
Alan NapierDespreaux - L
Leon AltonParty Guest (uncredited) 
Louis BorelBaron Morner (uncredited) 
Richard DeaconEtienne Clary 
Edith EvansonQueen Hedwig
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