Napoleon

Napoleon

190 mins | Drama, War | March 25, 1955

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.

Napoleon

190 mins | Drama, War | March 25, 1955

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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Filmsonor, Rizzoli Films, Francinex, Courts et Longs Métrages (C.L.M.)
Original title Napoléon
Directors Sacha Guitry
Writers Sacha Guitry

Cast

Daniel Gélin

as Napoléon Bonaparte

Michèle Morgan

as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Raymond Pellegrin

as Old Napoléon Bonaparte

Sacha Guitry

as Talleyrand

Jean-Pierre Aumont

as Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely

Jeanne Boitel

as Madame de Dino

Gilbert Bokanowski

as Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)

Pierre Brasseur

as Barras

Gianna Maria Canale

as Pauline Borghese

Jean Chevrier

as General Duroc

Danielle Darrieux

as Eléonore Denuelle

Clément Duhour

as Marshal Michel Ney

Jacques Dumesnil

as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

O.W. Fischer

as Karl von Metternich

Jean Gabin

as Marshal Jean Lannes

Cosetta Greco

as Elisa Baccioli

Madeleine Lebeau

as Emilie Pellapra

Jean Marais

as Count Montholon

Lana Marconi

as Marie Walewska

Luis Mariano

as Garat

Armand Mestral

as Marshal Nicolas Oudinot

Yves Montand

as Lefebvre

Patachou

as Madame Sans-Gêne

Roger Pigaut

as Marquis de Caulaincourt

Micheline Presle

as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais

Serge Reggiani

as Lucien Bonaparte

Dany Robin

as Désirée Clary

Noël Roquevert

as General Cambronne

Maria Schell

as Marie-Louise d'Autriche

Erich von Stroheim

as Ludwig van Beethoven

Maurice Teynac

as Count Emmanuel de Las Cases

Henri Vidal

as Marshal Joachim Murat

Orson Welles

as Sir Hudson Lowe

Roland Alexandre

as Count of Blanc-Mesnil (uncredited)

Lucien Baroux

as Louis XVIII (uncredited)

Pauline Carton

as An innkeeper

Michèle Cordoue

as Laetitia (uncredited)

Jean Danet

as General Gourgaud (uncredited)

Jean Debucourt

as Count Joseph Fouché (uncredited)

Bernard Dhéran

as Bourrienne (uncredited)

Maurice Escande

as Louis XV (uncredited)

Maria Favella

as Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited)

Gilbert Gil

as Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)

Daniel Ivernel

as Cambacérès (uncredited)

Marie Mansart

as Madame Bertrand (uncredited)

Robert Manuel

as Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)

Jean Marchat

as General Bertrand (uncredited)

Nicole Maurey

as Madame Tallien (uncredited)

Anne Carrère

as Madame Hamelin (uncredited)

Dora Doll

as 'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)

Louis de Funès

as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)

Pierre Would

as Marshal Pérignon (uncredited)