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

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