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Désirée

6.4 110 mins Drama   Romance   1954
20th Century Fox  
Director(s): Henry Koster

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.

Casts of Désirée

Marlon Brando

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Jean Simmons

as Desiree Clary

Merle Oberon

as Empress Josephine

Michael Rennie

as Bernadotte

Cameron Mitchell

as Joseph Bonaparte

Charlotte Austin

as Paulette Bonaparte

Cathleen Nesbitt

as Mme. Bonaparte

Evelyn Varden

as Marie

Isobel Elsom

as Mme. Clary

John Hoyt

as Talleyrand

Alan Napier

as Despreaux

Richard Deacon

as Etienne Clary

Edith Evanson

as Queen Hedwig

Dorothy Neumann

as Queen Sofia

Carolyn Jones

as Mme. Tallien

Bess Flowers

as Attendant Holding Baby at Palace Ball

Gene Roth

as Von Essen

Nicolas Koster

as Oscar

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