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.

Drama History War

Daniel Gélin

(Napoléon Bonaparte)

Michèle Morgan

(Joséphine de Beauharnais)

Raymond Pellegrin

(Old Napoléon Bonaparte)

Sacha Guitry

Jean-Pierre Aumont

(Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely)

Jeanne Boitel

(Madame de Dino)

Gilbert Bokanowski

(Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited))

Pierre Brasseur

Gianna Maria Canale

(Pauline Borghese)

Jean Chevrier

(General Duroc)

Danielle Darrieux

(Eléonore Denuelle)

Clément Duhour

(Marshal Michel Ney)

Jacques Dumesnil

(Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte)

O.W. Fischer

(Karl von Metternich)

Jean Gabin

(Marshal Jean Lannes)

Cosetta Greco

(Elisa Baccioli)

Madeleine Lebeau

(Emilie Pellapra)

Jean Marais

(Count Montholon)

Lana Marconi

(Marie Walewska)

Luis Mariano

Armand Mestral

(Marshal Nicolas Oudinot)

Yves Montand

Patachou

(Madame Sans-Gêne)

Roger Pigaut

(Marquis de Caulaincourt)

Micheline Presle

(Queen Hortense de Beauharnais)

Serge Reggiani

(Lucien Bonaparte)

Dany Robin

(Désirée Clary)

Noël Roquevert

(General Cambronne)

Maria Schell

(Marie-Louise d'Autriche)

Erich von Stroheim

(Ludwig van Beethoven)

Maurice Teynac

(Count Emmanuel de Las Cases)

Henri Vidal

(Marshal Joachim Murat)

Orson Welles

(Sir Hudson Lowe)

Roland Alexandre

(Count of Blanc-Mesnil)

Lucien Baroux

Pauline Carton

Michèle Cordoue

Jean Danet

(General Gourgaud)

Jean Debucourt

(Count Joseph Fouché)

Bernard Dhéran

(Bourrienne (uncredited))

Maurice Escande

(Louis XV (uncredited))

Maria Favella

(Madame Laetitia, Napoleon's mother (uncredited))

Gilbert Gil

(Louis Bonaparte (uncredited))

Daniel Ivernel

(Cambacérès (uncredited))

Marie Mansart

(Madame Bertrand (uncredited))

Robert Manuel

(Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited))

Jean Marchat

(General Bertrand (uncredited))

Nicole Maurey

(Madame Tallien (uncredited))

Anne Carrère

(Madame Hamelin (uncredited))

Dora Doll

('Une Merveilleuse' (uncredited))

Louis de Funès

(Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited))

Pierre Would

(Marshal Pérignon (uncredited))

Paul Dupuis