Drama History War
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Directed by
Sacha Guitry
Written by
Sacha Guitry
Louis de Funès
Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Jean Marais
Count Montholon
Jean Gabin
Marshal Jean Lannes
Maria Schell
Marie-Louise d'Autriche
Roger Pigaut
Marquis de Caulaincourt
Luis Mariano
Garat
Pierre Brasseur
Barras
Micheline Presle
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Yves Montand
Lefebvre
Madeleine Lebeau
Emilie Pellapra
Dora Doll
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
Danielle Darrieux
Eléonore Denuelle
Jean Debucourt
Count Joseph Fouché
Jacques Dumesnil
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Raymond Pellegrin
Old Napoléon Bonaparte
Daniel Gélin
Napoléon Bonaparte
Dany Robin
Désirée Clary
Erich von Stroheim
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pauline Carton
An innkeeper
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely
Nicole Maurey
Madame Tallien (uncredited)
Serge Reggiani
Lucien Bonaparte
Jean Danet
General Gourgaud
Gianna Maria Canale
Pauline Borghese
Jeanne Boitel
Madame de Dino
Henri Vidal
Marshal Joachim Murat
Lana Marconi
Marie Walewska
Michèle Morgan
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Maurice Teynac
Count Emmanuel de Las Cases
Noël Roquevert
General Cambronne
Armand Mestral
Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
Robert Manuel
Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)
Cosetta Greco
Elisa Baccioli
Jean Chevrier
General Duroc
Gilbert Gil
Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)
Maurice Escande
Louis XV (uncredited)
Jean Marchat
General Bertrand (uncredited)
Daniel Ivernel
Cambacérès (uncredited)
Anne Carrère
Madame Hamelin (uncredited)
Michèle Cordoue
Laetitia
Patachou
Madame Sans-Gêne
Bernard Dhéran
Bourrienne (uncredited)
Lucien Baroux
Louis XVIII
O.W. Fischer
Karl von Metternich
Paul Dupuis
Neipperg
Marie Mansart
Madame Bertrand (uncredited)
Gilbert Bokanowski
Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Roland Alexandre
Count of Blanc-Mesnil
Clément Duhour
Marshal Michel Ney
Pierre Would
Marshal Pérignon (uncredited)

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