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

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