Désirée
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
6.6
52 votes
November 16, 1954
1h 50m
Drama
Romance
Overview
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.
Directed by
Where to watch
In United States
Rent
Buy
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
John Hoyt
Talleyrand
Alan Napier
DespreauxL
Leon Alton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Louis Borel
Baron Morner (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
Etienne ClaryMore like this
Salome
1953
Flamingo Road
1949
Nobody Has to Know
2022
Kitty Foyle
1940
Lovely, Still
2009
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
The Secret: Dare to Dream
2020
The Magic of Ordinary Days
2005
Return to Peyton Place
1961
Goodbye Again
1961
A Valentine's Match
2020
They Won't Believe Me
1947
The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
The Lost Husband
2020
A Ring of Endless Light
2002
Blood and Sand
1941
Peter Ibbetson
1935
War and Peace
1956
Nights in Rodanthe
2008