

Désirée
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
Film19541h 50m
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- Director
- Henry Koster
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1954-11-16
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
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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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