The romanticized gallant adventures of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister. First "engaged" to the Conventionnel Fréron, then separated from him by her brother for political reasons, Pauline joined Napoleon in the Italian army, where she fell in love with the comté de Canouville. But the First Consul married her to his friend, General Leclerc, whom she followed on the expedition to Saint-Domingue. Unconcerned about fidelity, she began to love her husband just as he was about to die of yellow fever. Back in France, she was soon consoled by other gallants. Napoleon, now emperor, hastened to marry her off to Prince Borghese, but he was unable to make her love him. She soon returned to Paris to lead the life of a gallant woman, incognito, and again met Canouville, whom the emperor tried in vain to separate from her. But soon the Russian campaign begins, and her lover is killed. All that remains for Pauline, this time disconsolate, is to reconcile with her brother on the road to exile.
| Directed by: | Jean Delannoy |
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| Written by: | Jean Delannoy & Leonardo Benvenuti & Piero De Bernardi & Jean Aurenche & Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud |
| Runtime: | 140 minutes |
Paulette Bonaparte
Jules de Canouville
Napoleon Bonaparte
Josephine
Freron
Camillo Borghese
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