Désirée
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell
Writer: Daniel Taradash, Annemarie Selinko
Release Date:
November 16, 1954
November 16, 1954
Ratings:
6.5 / 10
6.5 / 10
Director:
Henry Koster
Henry Koster
Companies:
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Overview
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General 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.
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