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

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