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

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