Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary

Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary (Mlle. Desiree) is ésiréa French film released in September 1942, black and white, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. The film concerns the life of Désirée Clary, the daughter of a Marseilles merchant, who became Queen of Sweden and the founder of a dynasty.

Plot

Julie and Désirée Clary are courted by the brothers Joseph and Napoleon Bonaparte. Joseph marries Julie and Napoleon is affianced to Désirée. When Napoleon breaks the engagement and marries Joséphine de Beauharnais, Désirée becomes involved with General Bernadotte.

Cast

Sacha Guitry as Narrator

Jean-Louis Barrault as Napoléon Bonaparte

Aimé Clariond as Joseph Bonaparte

Jacques Varennes as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, then Charles XIV John of Sweden

Geneviève Guitry as Désirée Clary, as a young woman

Gaby Morlay as Désirée Clary

Lise Delamare as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Yvette Lebon as Julie Clary

Camille Fournier as Julie Bonaparte

Georges Grey as Junot

Jean Hervé as Talma

Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Albertine, servant

Germaine Laugier as Madame Clary

Pierre Magnier as Monsieur Clary

Jean Périer as Talleyrand

Noël Roquevert as Fouché

Maurice Teynac as Marmont

Jean Darcante as Duphot

Jean Davy as Berthier

Georges Spanelly as Davout

Georges Tourreil as Cambronne

Renaud Mary as le docteur Antommarchi

Maurice Lagrenée as Duke of Richelieu

Roger Vincent as Charles XIII of Sweden

Gaston Mauger as Louis XVIII of France

References

External links

1942 films

1940s historical drama films

French historical drama films

Films directed by Sacha Guitry

Films about Napoleon

Films set in the 1800s

Biographical films about Swedish royalty

Cultural depictions of Joséphine de Beauharnais

Cultural depictions of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

1942 drama films

1940s French-language films

Cultural depictions of Charles XIV John

1940s French films