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)