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

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