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)
Maria Schell
Marie-Louise d'Autriche
Serge Reggiani
Lucien Bonaparte
Yves Montand
Lefebvre
Jean Gabin
Marshal Jean Lannes
Dany Robin
Désirée Clary
Daniel Gélin
Napoléon Bonaparte
Paul Dupuis
Neipperg
Michèle Morgan
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Bernard Dhéran
Bourrienne (uncredited)
Jeanne Boitel
Madame de Dino
Madeleine Lebeau
Emilie Pellapra
Armand Mestral
Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
Micheline Presle
Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Dora Doll
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
Luis Mariano
Garat
Noël Roquevert
General Cambronne
Jacques Dumesnil
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Nicole Maurey
Madame Tallien (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely
Jean Chevrier
General Duroc
O.W. Fischer
Karl von Metternich
Robert Manuel
Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)
Pierre Brasseur
Barras
Erich von Stroheim
Ludwig van Beethoven
Danielle Darrieux
Eléonore Denuelle
Jean Marais
Count Montholon
Marie Mansart
Madame Bertrand (uncredited)
Gilbert Bokanowski
Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Pauline Carton
An innkeeper
Jean Danet
General Gourgaud
Lana Marconi
Marie Walewska
Cosetta Greco
Elisa Baccioli
Henri Vidal
Marshal Joachim Murat
Roger Pigaut
Marquis de Caulaincourt
Patachou
Madame Sans-Gêne
Maurice Teynac
Count Emmanuel de Las Cases
Gianna Maria Canale
Pauline Borghese
Jean Debucourt
Count Joseph Fouché
Lucien Baroux
Louis XVIII
Daniel Ivernel
Cambacérès (uncredited)
Raymond Pellegrin
Old Napoléon Bonaparte
Anne Carrère
Madame Hamelin (uncredited)
Roland Alexandre
Count of Blanc-Mesnil
Clément Duhour
Marshal Michel Ney
Jean Marchat
General Bertrand (uncredited)
Maurice Escande
Louis XV (uncredited)
Michèle Cordoue
Laetitia
Gilbert Gil
Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)
Pierre Would
Marshal Pérignon (uncredited)

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