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

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