Désirée is an American film directed by Henry Koster, released in 1954 .
Synopsis
The film tells the true story of love between Napoleon Bonaparte , the future emperor, and Desiree Clary , future M me Bernadotte and Queen of Sweden .
Technical sheet
- Title: Désirée
- Original title: Desirée
- Director: Henry Koster
- Scenario: Daniel Taradash based on Annemarie Selinko’s book
- Production: Julian Blaustein
- Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox
- Budget: $ 2,720,000 1
- Revenue: $ 4.5 million 2
- Music: Alex North
- Photography: Milton R. Krasner
- Editing: William Reynolds
- Sets: Leland Fuller and Lyle R. Wheeler
- Costumes: René Hubert and Charles Le Maire
- Country of origin: United States
- Format: Colors ( DeLuxe ) Cinemascope
- Genre: Drama Film , Historic Film , Biopic
- Duration: 110 minutes
- Release dates::
- United States :
Distribution
- Marlon Brando ( VF : Andre Falcon ) : Napoleon Bonaparte
- Jean Simmons ( VF : Nelly Benedetti ) : Desiree Clary
- Merle Oberon : Josephine de Beauharnais
- Michael Rennie ( VF : Marc Valbel ) : Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
- Cameron Mitchell ( VF : Raymond Loyer ) : Joseph Bonaparte
- Elizabeth Sellars : Julie
- Charlotte Austin : Paulette Bonaparte
- Cathleen Nesbitt : M me Bonaparte
- Evelyn Varden : Marie
- Isobel Elsom : M me Clary
- John Hoyt : Talleyrand
- Alan Napier : Despreaux
- Richard Deacon ( VF : Lucien Bryonne ) : Etienne Clary
Uncredited Actors:
- Richard Garrick : Count Regnaud
- Sam Gilman : Fouche
Around the film
In 1942 , Sacha Guitry had already been inspired by this story for his own film, The Destiny of Desiree Clary .
Notes and references
- ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series) . Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ( ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1 ) . P248
- ↑ The Top Box Office Hits of 1954 , Variety Weekly , January 5, 1955