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Directed by | Henry Koster |
Produced by | Julian Blaustein |
Written by | Daniel Taradash |
Based on | The novel Désirée by Annemarie Selinko |
Starring |
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell |
Music by | Alex North |
Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date
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November 17, 1954 |
Running time
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110 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English Swedish |
Budget | $2,720,000 |
Box office | $4.5 million (US rentals) |
Désirée is a 1954 American historical-biographical 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.
It stars Marlon Brando as Napoleon Bonaparte and Jean Simmons as Désirée Clary. It also stars Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie with Cameron Mitchell, Elizabeth Sellars, Charlotte Austin, Cathleen Nesbitt, Carolyn Jones and Evelyn Varden.
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction (color) (Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox) and Costume Design (Rene Hubert and Charles LeMaire).