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A Royal Divorce is a British film of genre Drama with Ruth Chatterton

A Royal Divorce (1938)

A Royal Divorce
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Length 1h25
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical

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.

Actors

Ruth Chatterton

(Joséphine de Beauharnais)Pierre Blanchar

(Napoléon Bonaparte)Frank Cellier

(Talleyrand)Carol Goodner

(Madame Tallien)Auriol Lee

(Napoleon's Mother)
And :
George Curzon
Laurence Hanray
John Laurie
Jack Hawkins
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