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.