
1955 · Sacha Guitry · 190 min
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.
Daniel GélinNapoléon Bonaparte
Michèle MorganJoséphine de Beauharnais
Raymond PellegrinOld Napoléon Bonaparte
Sacha GuitryTalleyrand
Jean-Pierre AumontRegnault de St-Jean d'Angely
Jeanne BoitelMadame de Dino
Gilbert BokanowskiTrader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Pierre BrasseurBarras
Gianna Maria CanalePauline Borghese
Jean ChevrierGeneral Duroc
Danielle DarrieuxEléonore Denuelle
Clément DuhourMarshal Michel Ney
Jacques DumesnilMarshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
O.W. FischerKarl von Metternich
Jean GabinMarshal Jean Lannes