Désirée
- Released on
- Runtime
- 110 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Marlon Brando
- Jean Simmons
- Merle Oberon
- Michael Rennie
- Cameron Mitchell
- Elizabeth Sellars
- Charlotte Austin
- Cathleen Nesbitt
- Evelyn Varden
- Isobel Elsom
- John Hoyt
- Alan Napier
- Leon Alton
- Louis Borel
- Richard Deacon
- Edith Evanson
- Bess Flowers
- Carolyn Jones
- Nicolas Koster
- Dorothy Neumann
- Gene Roth
- Mary Stewart
- Sven Hugo Borg
- Peter Bourne
- Paul Bradley
- George Brand
- Brad Brown
- George Calliga
- Harry Carter
- Dick Cherney
- Larry Crane
- Paul Cristo
- Jack Deery
- Burnell Dietsch
- Florence Dublin
- Richard Garrick
- Jack George
- Leonard George
- Rudy Germane
- Sam Gilman
- Ricky Gonzales
- James Gonzalez
- A. Cameron Grant
- Ted Hook
- Kenner G. Kemp
- Colin Kenny
- Marina Koshetz
- Ann Kunde
- Kay E. Kuter
- David Leonard
- Judy Lester
- Ted Mapes
- Jack Mather
- Lester Matthews
- William H. O'Brien
- Siw Paulsson
- Joe Ploski
- José Portugal
- Fred Rapport
- Violet Rensing
- John Roy
- Cosmo Sardo
- Bert Stevens
- Arthur Tovey
- Richard Van Cleemput
Director
- Henry Koster
