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A Royal Divorce (1938 film)

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Genre
  
Drama, History

Producer
  
Herbert Wilcox

Country
  
United Kingdom

Director
  
Jack Raymond

Music director
  
Anthony Collins

Duration
  

Language
  
English

A Royal Divorce (1938 film) movie poster
Release date
  
21 September 1938 (London) (UK)

Writer
  
Miles Malleson, Jacques Thery (novel)

Cast
  
Ruth Chatterton
,
Pierre Blanchar
,
Frank Cellier
,
Carol Goodner

Similar movies
  
The Rat (1937), Meet the Boy Friend (1937), Kings Rhapsody (1955), Laughing Anne (1954), Forever and a Day (1943)

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.

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Cast

  • Ruth Chatterton as Josephine de Beauharnais
  • Pierre Blanchar as Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Frank Cellier as Talleyrand
  • Carol Goodner as Mme. Tallien
  • Auriol Lee as Napoleon's Mother
  • George Curzon as Barras
  • Laurence Hanray as Klemens von Metternich
  • John Laurie as Joseph Bonaparte
  • Jack Hawkins as Captain Charles
  • Rosalyn Boulter as Hortense
  • Allan Jeayes as Marat
  • Moran Caplat as Eugene
  • Romilly Lunge as Junot
  • Hubert Harben as DeTracy
  • David Farrar as Louis Bonaparte

    • Critical reception

    TV Guide called the film a "mediocre adaptation", while Allmovie wrote, "in terms of costumes and settings, A Royal Divorce is authentic to a fault; in terms of adherence to the facts, it's a bit shaky, though undeniably dramatic.

    References

    A Royal Divorce (1938 film) Wikipedia
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    A Royal Divorce (1938 film) IMDb