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Binding: DVD
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 110 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1954
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - At least a point of departure for a study of a great French leader...
Henry Koster directed many films with considerable charm and flair... His attempts at drama were for the most part less successful but always visually pleasant... He was nominated for an Academy Award for directing "The Bishop's Wife" in 1947... His reputation as a skilled artist led to his assignment as director of the first film in CinemaScope, "The Robe."
Koster does manage to keep the dynamism of "Désirée" and is excellent on both the technical level as on the screen acting... ... Read More
Rating:  - What was he Thinking?
I am a fan of Marlon Brando; the actor, not the man. I have seen many of his pictures and his abilities as an actor can make a good picture great and a great picture a classic. I remember seeing "Desiree" as a kid on "Saturday Night at the Movies". I didn't recall much about it except that it was about Napoleon Bonaparte and his lover. I saw that it was showing on the Fox Movie Channel so I taped it the other day. I had to watch it in three different sittings. The movie was so bad that I couldn't ... Read More
Rating:  - Desiree my favorite movie
This is my favorite Brando film and basically my favorite movie. The depiction of Napoleon by Brando was excellent. I had read the book Desiree prior to seeing the movie, and felt that the movie was true to the book. It is a very romantic depiction of Napoleon and Desiree, and shows a very interesting side of Napoleon. I recently returned from France and vividly remembered Napoleon as depicted by Brando where ever I ventured.
Rating: - The Things He Did For Love?
This was a great historical romance set amongst the ambitions of one man and the love he let get away. Get out your kleenex before you watch.
Rating:  - What a terrible film!
Hard to believe that anyone could take this overly romantic nonsense seriously. It has little to do with history, even less with cinema. Most of the budget seems to have gone on the stars - the scenery looks cardboard, the costumes are probably left over from previous films, there is no sense of the era, much of the acting is way beyond being merely wooden. Lots of stiff, unconvincing dialogue - little spectacle (flags moving across the screen represent a battle). Of course, the film is based on a best ... Read More
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