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

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