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Désirée (the motion picture)

• Cast
  
  • Starring:
    • Marlon Brando (IMDb) - Napoleon
    • Jean Simmons (IMDb) - Désirée
    • Merle Oberon (IMDb) - Josephine
    • Michael Rennie (IMDb) - Bernadotte
  • With:
    • Cameron Mitchell (IMDb) - Joseph Bonaparte
    • Elizabeth Sellars (IMDb) - Julie, Désirée's sister
    • Charlotte Austin (IMDb) - Paulette
    • Cathleen Nesbitt (IMDb) - Mme. Bonaparte
    • Evelyn Varden (IMDb) - Marie
    • Isobel Elsom (IMDb) - Mme. Clary
    • John Hoyt (IMDb) - Talleyrand
    • Alan Napier (IMDb) - Despreaux
  • Additional uncredited cast:
    • Louis Borell - Count Mörner
    • Swen Hugo Borg - Aide
    • Peter Bourne - Count Brahe
    • George Brand - Servant
    • Harry Carter - Coachman
    • Larry Craine - Louis Bonaparte
    • Richard Deacon (IMDb) - Etienne Clary, Désirée's brother
    • Florence Dublin - Elisa Bonaparte
    • Edith Evanson - Queen Hedwig
    • Bess Flowers - Lady of the Court
    • Richard Garrick - Count Regnaud
    • Jack George - Piano Teacher
    • Leonard George - Pope Pius VII
    • Sam Gilman - Fouché
    • A. Cameron Grant - Montel
    • Carolyn Jones - Mme. Tallien
    • Colin Kenny - General Becker
    • Marina Koshetz - Von Koskull
    • Nicolas Koster - Oscar Bernadotte
    • Kay E. Kuter - Lackey
    • David Leonard - Barras
    • Judy Lester - Caroline Bonaparte
    • Jack Mather - Sergeant
    • Lester Matthews - Caulaincourt
    • Dorothy Neumann - Queen Sofia
    • Siv Paulsson - Princess Sofia
    • Violet Rensing - Marie Louise of Austria
    • Gene Roth - Von Essen
    • Bert Stevens - Man at Chaumiers
    • Richard Van Cleemput - Lucien Bonaparte

• Credits:
  • Screenplay by Daniel Taradash
  • From the novel by Annemarie Selinko
  • Music - Alex North
  • Director of Photography - Milton Krasner
  • Art Direction - Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller
  • Set Decoration - Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
  • Special Photographic Effects - Ray Kellogg
  • Film Editor - William Reynolds
  • Wardrobe Direction - Charles Le Maire
  • Costumes Designed by René Hubert
  • Music Conducted by Lionel Newman
  • Orchestration - Edward B. Powell
  • Choreography by Stephen Papich
  • Makeup Artist - Ben Nye
  • Hair Styling by Helen Turpin
  • Sound - Alfred Bruzlin, Roger Heman
  • Assistant Director - William Eckhardt
  • Technical Advisor - Dr. Carl C. Lonyay
  • Color Consultant - Leonard Doss
  • Cinemascope lenses by Bausch & Lomb
  • Color by DeLuxe
  • Produced by Julian Blaustein
  • Directed by Henry Koster

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• Reviews & Information
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• Other related films and information:
  • Le Destin Fabuleux de Désirée Clary (in French)
  • Napoleon and Love (1974)

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