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Napoleon

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.

1955 |3h 10m |  Drama, History, War

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Daniel Gélin

Napoléon Bonaparte

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Michèle Morgan

Joséphine de Beauharnais

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Raymond Pellegrin

Old Napoléon Bonaparte

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Jean-Pierre Aumont

Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely

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Jeanne Boitel

Madame de Dino

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Gilbert Bokanowski

Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)

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Pierre Brasseur

Barras

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Gianna Maria Canale

Pauline Borghese

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Jean Chevrier

General Duroc

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Danielle Darrieux

Eléonore Denuelle

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Clément Duhour

Marshal Michel Ney

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Jacques Dumesnil

Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte

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O.W. Fischer

Karl von Metternich

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Jean Gabin

Marshal Jean Lannes

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Cosetta Greco

Elisa Baccioli

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Madeleine Lebeau

Emilie Pellapra

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Jean Marais

Count Montholon

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Lana Marconi

Marie Walewska

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Luis Mariano

Garat

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Armand Mestral

Marshal Nicolas Oudinot

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Yves Montand

Lefebvre

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Patachou

Madame Sans-Gêne

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Roger Pigaut

Marquis de Caulaincourt

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Micheline Presle

Queen Hortense de Beauharnais

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Serge Reggiani

Lucien Bonaparte

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Dany Robin

Désirée Clary

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Noël Roquevert

General Cambronne

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Maria Schell

Marie-Louise d'Autriche

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Erich von Stroheim

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Maurice Teynac

Count Emmanuel de Las Cases

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Henri Vidal

Marshal Joachim Murat

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Roland Alexandre

Count of Blanc-Mesnil

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Lucien Baroux

Louis XVIII

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Pauline Carton

An innkeeper

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Michèle Cordoue

Laetitia

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Jean Danet

General Gourgaud

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Jean Debucourt

Count Joseph Fouché

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Bernard Dhéran

Bourrienne (uncredited)

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Maurice Escande

Louis XV (uncredited)

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Gilbert Gil

Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)

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Daniel Ivernel

Cambacérès (uncredited)

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Marie Mansart

Madame Bertrand (uncredited)

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Robert Manuel

Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)

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Jean Marchat

General Bertrand (uncredited)

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Nicole Maurey

Madame Tallien (uncredited)

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Anne Carrère

Madame Hamelin (uncredited)

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Dora Doll

'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)

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Louis de Funès

Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)

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Paul Dupuis

Neipperg

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Status

Released

Language

French, Italian, German

Budget

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Revenue

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