Directed by:
Henry KosterScreenplay:
Daniel TaradashCinematography:
Milton KrasnerComposer:
Alex NorthCast:
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars, Charlotte Austin, Evelyn Varden, John Hoyt, Alan Napier (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary (Jean Simmons), a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte (Marlon Brando), but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte (Michael Rennie), an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais (Merle Oberon), 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Edith Evanson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/299/160299902_e79757.jpg)
Edith Evanson
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rope (1948)
![Cathleen Nesbitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579921_6e3101.jpg)
Cathleen Nesbitt
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
Separate Tables (1958)
French Connection II (1975)
Isobel Elsom
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Jack Mather](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/015/161015316_20cae8.jpg)
Jack Mather
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Jose Portugal
Mexico
Best movies:
Out of the Past (1947)
Cimarron (1960)
Tycoon (1947)
![Violet Rensing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/673/161673416_024cba.jpg)
Violet Rensing
German Empire
Best movies:
Desirée (1954)
Ann Kunde
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Caged (1950)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
James Gonzalez
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
David Leonard
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
Kay E. Kuter
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Sabrina (1954)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Harry Carter
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Sven Hugo Borg
Sweden
Best movies:
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Jack George
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Rudy Germane
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Spartacus (1960)
Paul Cristo
Greece
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
John Roy
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
White Heat (1949)
Dick Cherney
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Apartment (1960)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Dorothy Neumann
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Jack Deery
Australia
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
All About Eve (1950)
George Calliga
Romania
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)