A Royal Divorce

1h 25m
DramaHistory
9

The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.

Cast

Ruth Chatterton
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Pierre Blanchar
Napoléon Bonaparte
Frank Cellier
Talleyrand
Carol Goodner
Madame Tallien
Auriol Lee
La mère de Napoléon
George Curzon
Barras
David Farrar
Louis Bonaparte
Laurence Hanray
Klemens von Metternich
John Laurie
Joseph Bonaparte
Jack Hawkins
Capitaine Charles
Allan Jeayes
Marat
Rosalyn Boulter
Hortense
Romilly Lunge
Junot
Hubert Harben
DeTracy
Sonia Carol
Eliza (uncredited)
Ivy Shannon
Caroline (uncredited)
Julian Somers
Lucien Bonaparte (uncredited)
Tamara d'Etter
Pauline (uncredited)
Maureen Glynne
Hortense as a child (uncredited)

Crew

Jack Raymond
Director
Miles Malleson
Writer
Jacques Théry
Novel
Peggy Hennessey
Editor
Pat Walker
Assistant Director
John Harlow
Assistant Director
Georges K. Benda
Costume Design
L.E. Overton
Sound Recordist
Anthony Collins
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
David Rawnsley
Art Direction

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