Mlle. Desiree

Mlle. Desiree

117 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | July 3, 1941

Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine de Beauharnais, Désirée becomes involved with General Bernadotte.

Mlle. Desiree

117 mins | Drama, Comedy, History | July 3, 1941

Mlle. Desiree
Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine de Beauharnais, Désirée becomes involved with General Bernadotte.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
Original title Le destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary
Directors Sacha Guitry
Writers

Cast

Sacha Guitry

as Napoléon 1er

Jean-Louis Barrault

as Napoléon Bonaparte

Aimé Clariond

as Joseph Bonaparte

Jacques Varennes

as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte / le Roi Charles XIV de Suède

Geneviève Guitry

as Désirée Clary jeune femme / Désirée Clary, jeune fille

Gaby Morlay

as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède

Lise Delamare

as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Yvette Lebon

as Julie Clary

Jean Hervé

as Talma

Carlettina

as Désirée Clary, enfant

Jean Périer

as Talleyrand

Noël Roquevert

as Fouché

Georges Grey

as Junot

Camille Fournier

as Julie Bonaparte

Germaine Laugier

as Madame Clary

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as Albertine, la servante

Jacques Berthier

as Un conseiller

Jean Coquelin

as Le greffier

Jean Darcante

as Duphot

Robert Dartois

as Monsieur Poquelin

Jean Davy

as Berthier

Maurice Devienne

as Le maire Etienne Bouvet

Albert Duvaleix

as Le concierge

René Fauchois

as Chateaubriand

Robert Favart

as Lannes

Georges-François Frontec

as Un Marseillais

Henry Houry

as Un conseiller

René Lacourt

as Un greffier

Maurice Lagrenée

as Le duc de Richelieu

Claude Magnier

as Un maréchal

Pierre Magnier

as Monsieur Clary

Renaud Mary

as Antomarchi

Gaston Mauger

as Louis XVIII

Paul Oettly

as Le chambellan traducteur

Roger Prégor

as Un Marseillais

Georges Spanelly

as Davout

Maurice Teynac

as Marmont

Georges Tourreil

as Cambronne

Roger Vincent

as Charles XIII, roi de Suède

Léon Walther

as Le comte Morner

Marguerite de Morlaye

as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)

Yolanda Fax

as Julie Clary à 9 ans (uncredited)

Madeleine Rip

as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)