FILM

Désirée (1954)

Name: Désirée
Director: Henry Koster
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1954-11-16
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell

Film · 1954 · 110 min · NR · Drama · Romance

The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!

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.

Directed by Henry Koster

Starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie, Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars, Charlotte Austin, Cathleen Nesbitt

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Release dates in the United States

In cinemas	16 November 1954
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	16 November 1954

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