The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Old Napoléon Bonaparte
Talleyrand
Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely
Madame de Dino
Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Barras
Pauline Borghese
General Duroc
Eléonore Denuelle
Marshal Michel Ney
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Karl von Metternich
Marshal Jean Lannes
Elisa Baccioli
Emilie Pellapra
Count Montholon
Marie Walewska
Garat
Napoléon Bonaparte
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Old Napoléon Bonaparte
Talleyrand
Regnault de St-Jean d'Angely
Madame de Dino
Trader / Louis XVI (uncredited)
Barras
Pauline Borghese
General Duroc
Eléonore Denuelle
Marshal Michel Ney
Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Karl von Metternich
Marshal Jean Lannes
Elisa Baccioli
Emilie Pellapra
Count Montholon
Marie Walewska
Garat