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
March 25, 1955

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

