Désirée1954
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
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Actors
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars, Cathleen Nesbitt, Isobel Elsom, John Hoyt, Alan Napier, Edith Evanson, Carolyn Jones, Gene Roth, Sven Hugo Borg, Kenner G. Kemp, Lester Matthews
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Theatrical – 110 Minutes
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About the film
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine 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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6.6tmdb
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