I don't know in the USA but here in the old Europe Marlon Brando is still considered long after his death as the best american movie star who ever lived....partly may be because of his satanic sardonic and satIrical side ? and of course because of his witty egocentrism ?......So it was a gas to discover that he met the biggest satanic and egocentric french leader who ever lived ! I must say i did not pay a great attention to the story obsessed that i was with his interpretation of Bonaparte.....Roughly speaking he was ok ....Brando has a distant resemblance of the young Bonny but he has the same overbearing look than his model and that's the main point....The mistake is that Brando is too polite too classy too much "Versailles"....Under his funny hat his unmatched intelligence and his unparalleled power the real Napoleon was actually rude brittle and completely ignoring pup manners ! still a good film and the beauty of Merle Oberon is a bonus...if you like this story watch "Le destin fabuleux de Desirée Clary" a 1942 film made and with Sacha Guitry ...(another one who had a terrific opinion of himself !)
Review of Désirée
