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

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