Désirée

1954

English

6.4

♡ 12

20%

Henry Koster Director

John Roy as Council Member

Cameron Mitchell as Joseph Bonaparte

Charlotte Austin as Paulette Bonaparte

Gene Roth as Von Essen

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.