In marseilles, france in 1794, desiree clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with napoleon bonaparte, but winds up wedding genaral jean-baptiste berandotte, an aid to napoleon who later Ò€¦ DΓ©sirΓ©e goes on to marry one of napoleon's marshals and, through a surprising turn of fate, eventually becomes the queen of sweden, forever holding a unique place in the heart of one of history's DΓ©sirΓ©e begs napoleon to leave the army and join her brother in business, but he scoffs at the idea and instead proposes marriage.

Directed by henry koster. With marlon brando, jean simmons, merle oberon, michael rennie. Desiree clary falls for napoleon but marries bernadotte, while josephine weds napoleon to become Ò€¦