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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them, and it's so long that Désirée falls asleep and [[SomethingWeForgot gets forgotten at the hall]] when night has fallen. Fortunately, the gentlemanly Joseph Bonaparte finds her and accompanies her back home for safety.

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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them, and it's so long that Désirée falls asleep and [[SomethingWeForgot gets forgotten at the hall]] when night has fallen. Fortunately, the gentlemanly Joseph Bonaparte finds her and safely accompanies her back home for safety.home.
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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them, and it's so long that Désirée falls asleep and gets forgotten at the hall when night has fallen. Fortunately, Joseph Bonaparte finds her and accompanies her back home.

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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them, and it's so long that Désirée falls asleep and [[SomethingWeForgot gets forgotten at the hall hall]] when night has fallen. Fortunately, the gentlemanly Joseph Bonaparte finds her and accompanies her back home.home for safety.
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* AuthorAppeal: Part of the dozen of films Sacha Guitry dedicated to the Napoleonic era, which he was particularly fond of. It culminated in 1955 with his {{epic|Movie}} ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]''.

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* AuthorAppeal: Part of the dozen of films works Sacha Guitry dedicated to the Napoleonic era, which he was particularly fond of. It culminated in 1955 with his {{epic|Movie}} ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike Marmont and Junot who are mentioned later in the film, and Bernadotte who obviously becomes a major character after marrying Désirée, Duphot does not appear and is never mentioned after Désirée's tea party[[note]][[The real Duphot actually got engaged to Désirée, but was killed during a riot in Rome the day before their wedding.]].

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike Marmont and Junot who are mentioned later in the film, and Bernadotte who obviously becomes a major character after marrying Désirée, Duphot does not appear and is never mentioned after Désirée's tea party[[note]][[The party[[labelnote:*]]The real Duphot actually got engaged to Désirée, but was killed during a riot in Rome the day before their wedding.]].[[/labelnote]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike Marmont and Junot who are mentioned later in the film, and Bernadotte who obviously becomes a major character after marrying Désirée, Duphot does not appear and is never mentioned after Désirée's tea party[[labelnote:*]][[The real Duphot actually got engaged to Désirée, but was killed during a riot in Rome the day before their wedding.]].

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike Marmont and Junot who are mentioned later in the film, and Bernadotte who obviously becomes a major character after marrying Désirée, Duphot does not appear and is never mentioned after Désirée's tea party[[labelnote:*]][[The party[[note]][[The real Duphot actually got engaged to Désirée, but was killed during a riot in Rome the day before their wedding.]].
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* EmbarrassingTattoo: Bernadotte is introduced as a staunch Republican with "Death to Kings" tattooed on his arm. Near the end, when he is greeting his subjects as King of Sweden, Désirée asks him what he is thinking about, and he replies: 'I think about what the words they might read on my arm.'


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* OfferedTheCrown: As in real life, Désirée eventually becomes the Queen of Sweden because her husband is chosen by the Swedes to succeed their current king. However, she is not at all pleased by the prospect, not least because she cannot even locate Sweden on a map.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Unlike Marmont and Junot who are mentioned later in the film, and Bernadotte who obviously becomes a major character after marrying Désirée, Duphot does not appear and is never mentioned after Désirée's tea party[[labelnote:*]][[The real Duphot actually got engaged to Désirée, but was killed during a riot in Rome the day before their wedding.]].
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* AuthorAppeal: Part of the dozen of films Sacha Guitry dedicated to the Napoleonic era, which he was particularly fond of.

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* AuthorAppeal: Part of the dozen of films Sacha Guitry dedicated to the Napoleonic era, which he was particularly fond of. It culminated in 1955 with his {{epic|Movie}} ''[[Film/Napoleon1955 Napoléon]]''.
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In UsefulNotes/{{France}} in the second half of the 18th century, Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. During UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, they are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the picture...

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In UsefulNotes/{{France}} in the second half of the 18th century, Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. During UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, they are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets is endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the picture...
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* AuthorAppeal: Part of the dozen of films Sacha Guitry dedicated to the Napoleonic era, which he was particularly fond of.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Désirée and Julie start dating military men after their father's death, despite his wishes that they would marry non-military bourgeois men, since he's not there anymore to prevent this.

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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Désirée and Julie start dating military men after their father's death, despite his wishes that they would should marry non-military bourgeois men, since he's not there anymore to prevent this.
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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them, and it's so long that Désirée starts sleeping and gets forgotten at the hall when night has fallen.

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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them, and it's so long that Désirée starts sleeping falls asleep and gets forgotten at the hall when night has fallen.fallen. Fortunately, Joseph Bonaparte finds her and accompanies her back home.
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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them. It's so long that Désirée starts sleeping and gets forgotten at the hall when night has fallen.

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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them. It's them, and it's so long that Désirée starts sleeping and gets forgotten at the hall when night has fallen.
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* HasAType: Désirée is attracted to military men.

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* HasAType: Désirée is particularly attracted to military men.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Désirée and Julie start dating military men after their father's death, despite his wishes that they would marry non-military bourgeois men.

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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Désirée and Julie start dating military men after their father's death, despite his wishes that they would marry non-military bourgeois men.men, since he's not there anymore to prevent this.

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Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. During UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, they are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the picture...

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In UsefulNotes/{{France}} in the second half of the 18th century, Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. During UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, they are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the picture...


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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Désirée and Julie start dating military men after their father's death, despite his wishes that they would marry non-military bourgeois men.
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See also ''Désirée'' (1954), starring Creator/MarlonBrando and Merle Oberon, about the same subject.

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See also ''Désirée'' (1954), starring Creator/MarlonBrando Creator/MarlonBrando, Creator/JeanSimmons and Merle Oberon, about the same subject.
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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them. It's so long that Désirée starts sleeping.

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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them. It's so long that Désirée starts sleeping.sleeping and gets forgotten at the hall when night has fallen.
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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror.

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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror. There's over 300 people before them. It's so long that Désirée starts sleeping.
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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother.

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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother.brother who was arrested during the ReignOfTerror.
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* AbsurdlyLongWait: Julie and Désirée have to sit and wait ''six hours'' inside a hall to meet the People's Representative so Julie can ask him to pardon their imprisoned brother.
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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France - ''The Fabulous Destiny of Désirée Clary'') is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. As the year can tell, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].

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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France - ''The ''"The Fabulous Destiny of Désirée Clary'') Clary"'') is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. As the year can tell, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].
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* HasAType: Désirée is attracted to military men.
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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France) is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. As the year can tell, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].

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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France) France - ''The Fabulous Destiny of Désirée Clary'') is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. As the year can tell, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].
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Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. They are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the picture...

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Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. They During UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution, they are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the picture...
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* TimeShiftedActor: Three actresses played Désirée -- child actress Carlettina as a child, Geneviève Guitry as a young woman, and Gaby Morlay in her 40s.
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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France) is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. Owing to the year, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].

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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France) is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. Owing to As the year, year can tell, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].

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Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. They are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the pictures...

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Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. They are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the pictures...picture...

See also ''Désirée'' (1954), starring Creator/MarlonBrando and Merle Oberon, about the same subject.
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* {{Narrator}}: Sacha Guitry provides narration. He's first seen introducing Désirée's story in his private office.

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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France) is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. Owing to the year, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].

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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France) is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. Owing to the year, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].France]].

Julie and Désirée Clary are two sisters from a bourgeois family of Marseille. They are courted by the Bonaparte brothers, Joseph and UsefulNotes/{{Napoleon|Bonaparte}}. Julie and Joseph get married, and Napoleon and Désirée get engaged. Said engagement gets endangered when one UsefulNotes/JosephineDeBeauharnais enters the pictures...
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''Mademoiselle Désirée'' (titled ''Le Destin fabuleux de Désirée Clary'' in France) is a French 1942 historical {{biopic}} film directed and written by Creator/SachaGuitry. Owing to the year, it was made in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied/Vichy France]].

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