Napoleon
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.
Cast
Daniel Gélin
Napoléon BonaparteMichèle Morgan
Joséphine de BeauharnaisRaymond Pellegrin
Old Napoléon BonaparteSacha Guitry
TalleyrandJean-Pierre Aumont
Regnault de St-Jean d'AngelyJeanne Boitel
Madame de DinoGilbert Bokanowski
Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)Pierre Brasseur
BarrasGianna Maria Canale
Pauline BorgheseJean Chevrier
General DurocDanielle Darrieux
Eléonore DenuelleClément Duhour
Marshal Michel NeyJacques Dumesnil
Marshal Jean-Baptiste BernadotteO.W. Fischer
Karl von MetternichJean Gabin
Marshal Jean LannesCosetta Greco
Elisa BaccioliMadeleine Lebeau
Emilie PellapraJean Marais
Count MontholonLana Marconi
Marie WalewskaLuis Mariano
GaratArmand Mestral
Marshal Nicolas OudinotYves Montand
LefebvrePatachou
Madame Sans-GêneRoger Pigaut
Marquis de CaulaincourtMicheline Presle
Queen Hortense de BeauharnaisSerge Reggiani
Lucien BonaparteDany Robin
Désirée ClaryNoël Roquevert
General CambronneMaria Schell
Marie-Louise d'AutricheErich von Stroheim
Ludwig van BeethovenMaurice Teynac
Count Emmanuel de Las CasesHenri Vidal
Marshal Joachim MuratOrson Welles
Sir Hudson LoweRoland Alexandre
Count of Blanc-MesnilLucien Baroux
Louis XVIIIPauline Carton
An innkeeperMichèle Cordoue
LaetitiaJean Danet
General GourgaudJean Debucourt
Count Joseph FouchéBernard Dhéran
Bourrienne (uncredited)Maurice Escande
Louis XV (uncredited)Maria Favella
Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited)Gilbert Gil
Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)Daniel Ivernel
Cambacérès (uncredited)Marie Mansart
Madame Bertrand (uncredited)Robert Manuel
Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)Jean Marchat
General Bertrand (uncredited)Nicole Maurey
Madame Tallien (uncredited)Anne Carrère
Madame Hamelin (uncredited)Dora Doll
'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)Louis de Funès
Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)Paul Dupuis
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