A Royal Divorce (1938)
1h 25m
Running Time
September 21, 1938Release Date
A Royal Divorce (1938)
1h 25m
Running Time
September 21, 1938Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Ruth Chatterton
Joséphine de Beauharnais

Pierre Blanchar
Napoléon Bonaparte

Frank Cellier
Talleyrand

Carol Goodner
Madame Tallien

Auriol Lee
La mère de Napoléon

George Curzon
Barras

David Farrar
Louis Bonaparte

Laurence Hanray
Klemens von Metternich

John Laurie
Joseph Bonaparte

Jack Hawkins
Capitaine Charles

Allan Jeayes
Marat

Jack Raymond
Director

Rosalyn Boulter
Hortense

Romilly Lunge
Junot

Hubert Harben
DeTracy

Herbert Wilcox
Producer

Sonia Carol
Eliza (uncredited)

Ivy Shannon
Caroline (uncredited)

Julian Somers
Lucien Bonaparte (uncredited)

Freddie Young
Cinematographer

Tamara d'Etter
Pauline (uncredited)

Maureen Glynne
Hortense as a child (uncredited)

Miles Malleson
Writer

Jacques Théry
Novel
Media.

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A Royal Divorce is a 1938 British historical drama film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ruth Chatterton, Pierre Blanchar and Frank Cellier. The film portrays the complex relationship between Napoleon I of France and his wife, Josephine Bonaparte from their first meeting until their divorce more than a decade later. It was shot at Denham Studios in Buckinghamshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director David Rawnsley.