---
title: 'Désirée (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry Koster'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/desiree-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046903/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Désirée (1954)

1954 · 110 min · Drama, History, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Désirée is a 1954 American historical romance film directed by Henry Koster and produced by Julian Blaustein from a screenplay by Daniel Taradash, based on the best-selling novel Désirée by Annemarie Selinko. The music score was by Alex North and the cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. The film was made in CinemaScope.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry Koster](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-koster)
- **Screenplay:** [Daniel Taradash](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-taradash)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alex North](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-north)
- **Producer:** [Julian Blaustein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-blaustein)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [William H. Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-reynolds)

## Cast

- [Alan Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-napier) as Despereaux
- [Isobel Elsom](https://cinepixo.com/people/isobel-elsom) as Madame Clary
- [Cathleen Nesbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathleen-nesbitt) as Maria-Letizia Bonaparte
- [John Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hoyt) as Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
- [Nicholas Koster](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-koster) as Oscar I of Sweden
- [Edith Evanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-evanson) as Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp
- [Judy Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-lester) as Caroline Bonaparte
- [Marlon Brando](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlon-brando) as Napoleon
- [Dorothy Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-neumann) as Sophia Magdalena of Denmark
- [Elizabeth Sellars](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-sellars) as Julie Clary
- [Kay E. Kuter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-e-kuter)
- [Michael Rennie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rennie) as Charles XIV John of Sweden
- [Evelyn Varden](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-varden) as Marie
- [Violet Rensing](https://cinepixo.com/people/violet-rensing) as Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
- [Carolyn Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-jones) as Thérésa Tallien

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