Napoleon (1955)
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Director: Sacha Guitry
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Daniel Gélin as Napoléon Bonaparte |
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Michèle Morgan as Joséphine de Beauharnais |
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Raymond Pellegrin as Old Napoléon Bonaparte |
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Sacha Guitry as Talleyrand |
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Jean-Pierre Aumont as Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely |
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Jeanne Boitel as Madame de Dino |
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Gilbert Bokanowski as Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited) |
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Pierre Brasseur as Barras |
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Gianna Maria Canale as Pauline Borghese |
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Jean Chevrier as General Duroc |
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Danielle Darrieux as Eléonore Denuelle |
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Clément Duhour as Marshal Michel Ney |
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Jacques Dumesnil as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte |
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O.W. Fischer as Karl von Metternich |
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Jean Gabin as Marshal Jean Lannes |
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Cosetta Greco as Elisa Baccioli |
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Madeleine Lebeau as Emilie Pellapra |
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Jean Marais as Count Montholon |
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Lana Marconi as Marie Walewska |
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Luis Mariano as Garat |
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Armand Mestral as Marshal Nicolas Oudinot |
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Yves Montand as Lefebvre |
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Patachou as Madame Sans-Gêne |
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Roger Pigaut as Marquis de Caulaincourt |
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Micheline Presle as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais |
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Serge Reggiani as Lucien Bonaparte |
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Dany Robin as Désirée Clary |
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Noël Roquevert as General Cambronne |
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Maria Schell as Marie-Louise d'Autriche |
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Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven |
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Maurice Teynac as Count Emmanuel de Las Cases |
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Henri Vidal as Marshal Joachim Murat |
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Orson Welles as Sir Hudson Lowe |
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Roland Alexandre as Count of Blanc-Mesnil |
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Lucien Baroux as Louis XVIII |
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Pauline Carton as An innkeeper |
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Michèle Cordoue as Laetitia |
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Jean Danet as General Gourgaud |
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Jean Debucourt as Count Joseph Fouché |
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Bernard Dhéran as Bourrienne (uncredited) |
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Maurice Escande as Louis XV (uncredited) |
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Maria Favella as Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited) |
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Gilbert Gil as Louis Bonaparte (uncredited) |
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Daniel Ivernel as Cambacérès (uncredited) |
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Marie Mansart as Madame Bertrand (uncredited) |
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Robert Manuel as Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited) |
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Jean Marchat as General Bertrand (uncredited) |
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Nicole Maurey as Madame Tallien (uncredited) |
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Anne Carrère as Madame Hamelin (uncredited) |
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Dora Doll as 'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited) |
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Louis de Funès as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited) |
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Pierre Would as Marshal Pérignon (uncredited) |
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Paul Dupuis as Neipperg |
| Production | Clément Duhour | Producer |
| Sound | Jean Françaix | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Pierre Montazel | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Sacha Guitry | Writer |
| Directing | Sacha Guitry | Director |
