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Filmography of Joséphine de Beauharnais

Known as: Political

3 titles in the archive · first depicted 1793

Lived1763 – 1814

First wife of Napoleon and Empress of the French, divorced after she was unable to produce an heir.

Shelfmark Vita CXI

3
titles
2 films · 1 series (1 ep)
3.2/5
average rating
across 3 rated titles
6h 28m
on screen
across 3 titles
100%
set in French Revolution
3 of 3 appearances
67% film
film vs television
2 of 3 appearances · 33% television

Compare their 3 titles in the Canons

11 years of a 51 year life depicted onscreen

Distinct years the archive depicts, against Joséphine de Beauharnais’s lifetime (1763 – 1814) — 21.6% of it. One further depicted year falls outside it and is not counted.

Depicted in

17931794179517971798179918041805181018121814

First and Last on Screen

Earliest portrayalDésirée1954
Most recentNapoleon2023

69 years of cinema separate them. A series is sorted here by the first year of its release.

A series counts once, regardless of how many of its episodes feature them.

On Screen, and on the Record

What the record holds of Joséphine de Beauharnais, beside every screen depiction the archive holds. Where a series in the archive has multiple comparisons available for this person, every episode with one is here, named under it. See how their depictions have been reinterpreted over time and across adaptations.

Baron François Gérard - Joséphine in coronation costume - Google Art ProjectOn the recordBaron François Gérard (1770 - 1837) – Painter (French) Born in Rome. Died in Paris. Details on Google Art ProjectPublic domainSource

Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine de Beauharnais in the film NapoleonOn screenImage via TMDB
Napoleon

Jacqueline Bisset as Joséphine de Beauharnais

Joséphine de Beauharnais in 1794On screenWarner Bros.Fair use
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love StoryEpisode 1

Historical Threads

A thread follows one event or historical theme across the archive, wherever and whenever it appears. Pick a tab to read one; they are in the order they are filed on the timeline. Pulling a thread opens up a narrowed timeline view filtered to every year that thread touches.

Battle of the Pyramidspull it on the timeline

Event

The confrontation fought in the shadow of the Pyramids of Giza between the forces of Napoleon's Egyptian expedition and Murad Bey's Mamluk forces under the banner of the Ottoman Empire. The battle was a total victory for the French, securing the way to Cairo and breaking the power of the Mamluk forces in Lower Egypt, though the French defeat at the Battle of the Nile soon after would damper much of its success.

filed under 1798

Runs throughNapoleonic Wars

Battle of Austerlitzpull it on the timeline

Event

Napoleon's crowning victory over the forces of the Third Coalition in 1805. Through careful selection of the terrain and swift movement of his forces, Napoleon was able to lure coalition forces into a fatal trap. Though the victory and the close of the War of the Third Coalition would not end fighting on the European continent for long, the resulting Peace of Pressburg would have a number of repercussions on the European political landscape, including, ultimately, the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.

filed under 1805

Runs throughFrench RevolutionNapoleonic Wars

Battle of Waterloopull it on the timeline

Event

The culmination of Napoleon's Hundred Days Campaign to restore himself to power over the French Empire and resoundingly defeat the forces of the Seventh Coalition. Facing off initially against British forces under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Napoleon's army ultimately failed to defeat the British before Prussian reinforcements under the command of Gebhard von Blücher arrived to firmly turn the tide of battle in the coalition's favor.

filed under 1815

Runs throughNapoleonic Wars2 titlesFrench Revolution

The Box Office Ledger

What the films portraying Joséphine de Beauharnais cost to make and took at the worldwide box office, as TMDB records them.

$165 million
in budgets
over 1 film with both sums
$222.4 million
at the box office
over 1 film with both sums
1.3×
return on budget
box office ÷ budget
Budget and box office of each film
FilmBudgetBox office
Napoleon$165,000,000$222,435,664

US dollars as TMDB records them, not adjusted for inflation. 1 film of the 2 portraying them carries either sum.