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

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