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

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