Napoleon
25/03/1955
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.
Movie Information
Daniel Gélin
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Michèle Morgan
as Joséphine de Beauharnais
Raymond Pellegrin
as Old Napoléon Bonaparte
Sacha Guitry
as Talleyrand
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely
Jeanne Boitel
as Madame de Dino
Gilbert Bokanowski
as Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Pierre Brasseur
as Barras
Gianna Maria Canale
as Pauline Borghese
Jean Chevrier
as General Duroc
Danielle Darrieux
as Eléonore Denuelle
Clément Duhour
as Marshal Michel Ney
Jacques Dumesnil
as Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
O.W. Fischer
as Karl von Metternich
Jean Gabin
as Marshal Jean Lannes
Cosetta Greco
as Elisa Baccioli
Madeleine Lebeau
as Emilie Pellapra
Jean Marais
as Count Montholon
Lana Marconi
as Marie Walewska
Luis Mariano
as Garat
Armand Mestral
as Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
Yves Montand
as Lefebvre
Patachou
as Madame Sans-Gêne
Roger Pigaut
as Marquis de Caulaincourt
Micheline Presle
as Queen Hortense de Beauharnais
Serge Reggiani
as Lucien Bonaparte
Dany Robin
as Désirée Clary
Noël Roquevert
as General Cambronne
Maria Schell
as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
Erich von Stroheim
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Maurice Teynac
as Count Emmanuel de Las Cases
Henri Vidal
as Marshal Joachim Murat
Orson Welles
as Sir Hudson Lowe
Roland Alexandre
as Count of Blanc-Mesnil
Lucien Baroux
as Louis XVIII
Pauline Carton
as An innkeeper
Michèle Cordoue
as Laetitia
Jean Danet
as General Gourgaud
Jean Debucourt
as Count Joseph Fouché
Bernard Dhéran
as Bourrienne (uncredited)
Maurice Escande
as Louis XV (uncredited)
Maria Favella
as Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited)
Gilbert Gil
as Louis Bonaparte (uncredited)
Daniel Ivernel
as Cambacérès (uncredited)
Marie Mansart
as Madame Bertrand (uncredited)
Robert Manuel
as Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)
Jean Marchat
as General Bertrand (uncredited)
Nicole Maurey
as Madame Tallien (uncredited)
Anne Carrère
as Madame Hamelin (uncredited)
Dora Doll
as 'Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited)
Louis de Funès
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Pierre Would
as Marshal Pérignon (uncredited)
Paul Dupuis
as Neipperg
