Désirée

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.

• Henry KosterDirector
• Daniel TaradashWriter
• Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer

• 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