117 minutes
7/3/1941
Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine de Beauharnais, Désirée becomes involved with General Bernadotte.
Sacha Guitry
as Napoléon 1er
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Napoléon Bonaparte
Aimé Clariond
as Joseph Bonaparte
Jacques Varennes
as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte / le Roi Charles XIV de Suède
Geneviève Guitry
as Désirée Clary jeune femme
Gaby Morlay
as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède
Lise Delamare
as Joséphine de Beauharnais
Yvette Lebon
as Julie Clary
Jean Hervé
as Talma
Carlettina
as Désirée Clary, enfant
Jean Périer
as Talleyrand
Noël Roquevert
as Fouché
Georges Grey
as Junot
Camille Fournier
as Julie Bonaparte
Germaine Laugier
as Madame Clary
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
as Albertine, la servante
Geneviève Guitry
as Désirée Clary, jeune fille
Jacques Berthier
as Un conseiller
Jean Coquelin
as Le greffier
Jean Darcante
as Duphot
Robert Dartois
as Monsieur Poquelin
Jean Davy
as Berthier
Maurice Devienne
as Le maire Etienne Bouvet
Albert Duvaleix
as Le concierge
René Fauchois
as Chateaubriand
Robert Favart
as Lannes
Georges-François Frontec
as Un Marseillais
Henry Houry
as Un conseiller
René Lacourt
as Un greffier
Maurice Lagrenée
as Le duc de Richelieu
Claude Magnier
as Un maréchal
Pierre Magnier
as Monsieur Clary
Renaud Mary
as Antomarchi
Gaston Mauger
as Louis XVIII
Paul Oettly
as Le chambellan traducteur
Roger Prégor
as Un Marseillais
Georges Spanelly
as Davout
Maurice Teynac
as Marmont
Georges Tourreil
as Cambronne
Roger Vincent
as Charles XIII, roi de Suède
Léon Walther
as Le comte Morner
Marguerite de Morlaye
as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)
Yolanda Fax
as Julie Clary à 9 ans (uncredited)
Madeleine Rip
as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)