Napoleon
Released: March 25, 1955Runtime: 190 minLanguage: FR
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.
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Jean Pierre Aumont
as Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély
Jeanne Boitel
as Madame de Dino
Pierre Brasseur
as Le vicomte Paul de Barras
Gianna Maria Canale
as Pauline Borghese
Pauline Carton
as Une aubergiste
Jean Chevrier
as Le général Duroc
Danielle Darrieux
as Eléonore Denuelle
Clement Duhour
as Le maréchal Michel Ney
Jacques Dumesnil
as Le maréchal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
O W Fischer
as Le prince Karl von Metternich
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