In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral 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.

• DirectorHenry Koster
• Release16 November 1954
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 50m
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• Rate
  

  6.4
  44 reviews
• Productions

  20th Century Fox