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11 February 1955 (Belgium)
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The rise and fall of Napoleon Botaparte, Emperor of France. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Sumptuously mounted, but certainly not a history lesson!
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Marlon Brando | ... | Napoleon Bonaparte |
 | Jean Simmons | ... | Desiree Clary |
 | Merle Oberon | ... | Empress Josephine |
 | Michael Rennie | ... | Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Joseph Bonaparte |
| Elizabeth Sellars | ... | Julie, Desiree's sister |
| Charlotte Austin | ... | Paulette Bonaparte |
| Cathleen Nesbitt | ... | Mme. Bonaparte |
| Evelyn Varden | ... | Marie |
| Isobel Elsom | ... | Mme. Clary, Desiree's mother |
| John Hoyt | ... | Talleyrand |
| Alan Napier | ... | Despreaux |
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| Mary Stewart | ||
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110 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
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Marlon Brando's nose is faked (make-up).
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Napoleon Bonaparte:
I want my family to be well established. Joseph, particularly. The rest must wait until the victorious culmination of my campaign in Italy.
Desiree Clary: And you think you can do with people precisely what you want? That life is as you say it is?
Napoleon Bonaparte: Have you ever heard of a thing called destiny, Désirée?
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Desiree Clary: And you think you can do with people precisely what you want? That life is as you say it is?
Napoleon Bonaparte: Have you ever heard of a thing called destiny, Désirée?
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Referenced in "The Munsters: Munster Masquerade (#1.1)" (1964)
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Filmed when CinemaScope's original ratio was still in use by Twentieth's cinematographers and with production values ladled on with an apparently generous budget (though no authentic European locations), "Desiree" is somewhat of a disappointment in many respects. Surprisingly Merle Oberon, as Josephine, remains in my memory as giving a touching (and, of course, glamorous) performance, but virtually everyone else (including Jean Simmons, one of my special favorites) fails to impress. Perhaps the emphasis on recounting the exploits of Napoleon Bonaparte from the perspective of one of his early, and unrequited, romantic conquests is the reason the whole enterprise seems like an undistinguished piece of overstuffed furniture...comfortable but hardly worthy of praise as an artisan's finest achievement. As an entertainment, typical of the Fifties, it was worth the price of admission when first released but I rather doubt that I'll join a chorus requesting Fox Home Entertainment to give this a DVD release in a widescreen format.