Désirée

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Director :

Henry Koster

Cast :

Marlon BrandoJean SimmonsMerle OberonMichael RennieCameron MitchellElizabeth SellarsCharlotte AustinCathleen NesbittEvelyn VardenIsobel Elsom

Genre :

DramaRomance

Release :

1954-11-16

Description :

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.