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A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 20%. Audiences rate it 43 points higher than critics do. Most of the 660 1950s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 43 points higher than critics do.
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry KosterDirector
- Daniel TaradashWriter
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marlon BrandoNapoleon Bonaparte
- Jean SimmonsDesiree Clary
- Merle OberonEmpress Josephine
- Michael RennieBernadotte
- Cameron MitchellJoseph Bonaparte
- Elizabeth SellarsJulie
- Charlotte AustinPaulette Bonaparte
- Cathleen NesbittMme. Bonaparte
- Evelyn VardenMarie
- Isobel ElsomMme. Clary
- John HoytTalleyrand
- Alan NapierDespreaux
Stills
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Themes
napoleon bonaparte