Désirée

Marlon Brando

Napoleon Bonaparte

Jean Simmons

Desiree Clary

Merle Oberon

Empress Josephine

Michael Rennie

Bernadotte

Cameron Mitchell

Joseph Bonaparte

Elizabeth Sellars

Julie

Charlotte Austin

Paulette Bonaparte

Cathleen Nesbitt

Mme. Bonaparte

Evelyn Varden

Marie

Isobel Elsom

Mme. Clary

John Hoyt

Talleyrand

Alan Napier

Despreaux

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Leon Alton

Party Guest (uncredited)

Louis Borel

Baron Morner (uncredited)

Richard Deacon

Etienne Clary