Désirée (film)
Désirée is a 1954 American historical romance 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.
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| Directed by | Henry Koster |
| Written by | Daniel Taradash |
| Based on | The novel Désirée by Annemarie Selinko |
| Produced by | Julian Blaustein |
| Starring | Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Merle Oberon Michael Rennie Cameron Mitchell |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
| Music by | Alex North |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Swedish |
| Budget | $2,720,000 |
| Box office | $9,000,000 |
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 R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox) and Best Costume Design (René Hubert and Charles LeMaire).