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

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