Desirée
Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: United States
Director: Henry Koster
Actors: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon
Duration: 110 min
Year: 1954
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...
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