Desiree

IMDb link: 0046903
IMDb rating: 6.3 (3,931 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, Romance, History
Director: Marlon Brando, Henry Koster
Cast: Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Merle Oberon and others

Release date: 11 Feb 1955
Release year: 1954
Runtime: 110 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: emperor, napoleonic wars, french revolution, based on book, character name as title, period drama, marseille france, france, dance, marriage engagement

Plot:

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine de 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.

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