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Désirée (1954)
Directed by Henry Koster
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 110 minutes
Actors
Marlon Brando | Jean Simmons | Merle Oberon | Michael Rennie | Cameron Mitchell | Elizabeth Sellars | Charlotte Austin | Cathleen Nesbitt | Evelyn Varden | Isobel Elsom | John Hoyt | Alan Napier | Richard Deacon | Edith Evanson | Dorothy Neumann | Carolyn Jones | Bess Flowers | Gene Roth | Nicolas Koster