Désirée (1954)

Directed by

Henry Koster

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Désirée Clary falls in love with Napoleon Bonaparte before he becomes emperor. Their romance faces obstacles as Napoleon rises to power and marries someone else.

romantichistoricalmelodramaticsweepingbittersweetglamorousstately

What happens

Désirée is a 1954 American historical romance film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Julian Blaustein from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the best-selling novel Désirée by Annemarie Selinko. The music score was by Alex North and the cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. The film was made in CinemaScope. It stars Marlon Brando as Napoleon Bonaparte and Jean Simmons as Désirée Clary. It also stars Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie with Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars, Charlotte Austin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Carolyn Jones and Evelyn Varden. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction (color) (Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox) and Best Costume Design (René Hubert and Charles LeMaire). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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