
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.

Daniel Gélin
Napoléon Bonaparte

Michèle Morgan
Joséphine de Beauharnais

Raymond Pellegrin
Old Napoléon Bonaparte

Sacha Guitry
Talleyrand

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely

Jeanne Boitel
Madame de Dino

Gilbert Bokanowski
Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)

Pierre Brasseur
Barras

Gianna Maria Canale
Pauline Borghese

Jean Chevrier
General Duroc

Danielle Darrieux
Eléonore Denuelle

Clément Duhour
Marshal Michel Ney

Heroes & Villains: Napoleon
Heroes & Villains: Napoleon

Imperial Venus
Imperial Venus

The Last Days
The Last Days

War and Peace
War and Peace

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo

Love and Death
Love and Death

Goya's Ghosts
Goya's Ghosts

Kolberg
Kolberg

Napoleon
Napoleon

Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle
Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle
Dumas: Black Devil
Dumas: Black Devil

The Pride and the Passion
The Pride and the Passion