
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.

as Napoléon 1er

as Napoléon Bonaparte

as Joseph Bonaparte

as Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte / le Roi Charles XIV de Suède

as Désirée Clary jeune femme

as Désirée Clary épouse Bernadotte / la Reine Desideria de Suède

as Joséphine de Beauharnais

as Julie Clary

as Talma

as Désirée Clary, enfant

as Talleyrand

as Fouché

as Junot

as Julie Bonaparte

as Madame Clary

as Albertine, la servante

as Désirée Clary, jeune fille

as Un conseiller

as Le greffier

as Duphot

as Monsieur Poquelin

as Berthier

as Le maire Etienne Bouvet

as Le concierge

as Chateaubriand

as Lannes

as Un Marseillais

as Un conseiller

as Un greffier

as Le duc de Richelieu

as Un maréchal

as Monsieur Clary

as Antomarchi

as Louis XVIII

as Le chambellan traducteur

as Un Marseillais

as Davout

as Marmont

as Cambronne

as Charles XIII, roi de Suède

as Le comte Morner

as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)

as Julie Clary à 9 ans (uncredited)

as Une dame de la cour (uncredited)