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Bookmark this pageLe Destin Fabuleux de Désirée Clary (1942)
Director: Sacha Guitry
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From Time Out Film Guide
Désirée Clary met Napoleon when he was an obscure general. There was evidently a romance but, in the outcome, Désirée's sister married Napoleon's brother, while she went on to marry the prickly General Bernadotte, ending up years later as Queen of Sweden. The Hollywood melodrama Désirée, directed by Henry Koster in 1954 with Brando and Jean Simmons, makes an amusing comparison with this characteristically clever, ironic account. Guitry's prosaic camerawork contrasts with his audacious approach to storytelling: the movie's credits, 50 minutes in, are especially cheeky. Barrault, as the young Napoleon, looks so much like Kenneth Williams, you half expect to spot Sid James slouching around the Tuileries.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Sacha Guitry
Producer: Edouard Harispuru
Cast: Gaby Morlay, Geneviève Guitry, Sacha Guitry, Jean-Louis Barrault, Lise Delamare, Yvette Lebon, Jacques Varennes, Aimé Clariond full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 112 mins
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