Désirée

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.

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  Henry Koster

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  Marlon Brando
  Napoleon Bonaparte
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  Jean Simmons
  Desiree Clary
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  Merle Oberon
  Empress Josephine
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  Michael Rennie
  Bernadotte
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  Cameron Mitchell
  Joseph Bonaparte
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  Elizabeth Sellars
  Julie
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  Charlotte Austin
  Paulette Bonaparte
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  Cathleen Nesbitt
  Mme. Bonaparte
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  Evelyn Varden
  Marie
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  Isobel Elsom
  Mme. Clary
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  John Hoyt
  Talleyrand
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  Alan Napier
  Despreaux
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  Leon Alton
  Party Guest (uncredited)
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  Louis Borel
  Baron Morner (uncredited)
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  Richard Deacon
  Etienne Clary
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  Edith Evanson
  Queen Hedwig
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  Bess Flowers
  Attendant Holding Baby at Palace Ball
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  Carolyn Jones
  Mme. Tallien
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  Nicolas Koster
  Oscar
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  Dorothy Neumann
  Queen Sofia