A Royal Divorce

  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Run time: 85 min
  • Premiere: 1938. September 21.

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

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Ruth Chatterton

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Pierre Blanchar

Napoléon Bonaparte

Frank Cellier

Talleyrand

Carol Goodner

Madame Tallien

Auriol Lee

La mère de Napoléon

David Farrar

Louis Bonaparte

Laurence Hanray

Klemens von Metternich

John Laurie

Joseph Bonaparte

Jack Hawkins

Capitaine Charles

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)

Art

David Rawnsley

Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up

Georges K. Benda

Costume Design

Directing

John Harlow

Assistant Director

Pat Walker

Assistant Director

Jack Raymond

Director

Editing

Sound

Anthony Collins

Original Music Composer

L.E. Overton

Sound Recordist

Muir Mathieson

Music Director

Writing

Art

David Rawnsley

Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up

Georges K. Benda

Costume Design

Directing

John Harlow

Assistant Director

Pat Walker

Assistant Director

Jack Raymond

Director

Editing

Sound

Anthony Collins

Original Music Composer

L.E. Overton

Sound Recordist

Muir Mathieson

Music Director

Writing