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.
Jean Simmons | Desiree Clary | |
Merle Oberon | Empress Josephine | |
Michael Rennie | Bernadotte | |
Cameron Mitchell | Joseph Bonaparte | |
Elizabeth Sellars | Julie | |
Charlotte Austin | Paulette Bonaparte |
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