Desiree (1954) 720p Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Michael Rennie

The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France. In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral JeanBaptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor s downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.