A Royal Divorce

Duration: 85 min

Release date: 1938-09-21

IMDB

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

Drama History

A Royal Divorce

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Ruth Chatterton

Ruth Chatterton

as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Pierre Blanchar

Pierre Blanchar

as Napoléon Bonaparte

as Madame Tallien

as La mère de Napoléon

as Louis Bonaparte

Laurence Hanray

Laurence Hanray

as Klemens von Metternich

as Joseph Bonaparte

as Capitaine Charles

Rosalyn Boulter

Rosalyn Boulter

as Eliza (uncredited)

as Caroline (uncredited)

as Lucien Bonaparte (uncredited)

as Pauline (uncredited)

as Hortense as a child (uncredited)

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Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Anthony Collins

Anthony Collins

Original Music Composer

Sound Recordist

Peggy Hennessey

Peggy Hennessey

Georges K. Benda

Georges K. Benda

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