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

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