A Royal Divorce The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce. Details Casts Galleries Posters Title A Royal Divorce Release Date 1938-09-21 Runtime 01 Hours 25 Minutes Genres Drama History Production Companies Herbert Wilcox Productions Production Countries United Kingdom Ruth Chatterton... Joséphine de Beauharnais... Pierre Blanchar... Napoléon Bonaparte... Frank Cellier... Talleyrand... Carol Goodner... Madame Tallien... Auriol Lee... La mère de Napoléon... George Curzon... Barras... David Farrar... Louis Bonaparte... Laurence Hanray... Klemens von Metternich... John Laurie... Joseph Bonaparte... Jack Hawkins... Capitaine Charles... Allan Jeayes... Marat... Rosalyn Boulter... Hortense... Romilly Lunge... Junot... Hubert Harben... DeTracy... Sonia Carol... Eliza (uncredited)... Ivy Shannon... Caroline (uncredited)... Julian Somers... Lucien Bonaparte (uncredi... Tamara d'Etter... Pauline (uncredited)... Maureen Glynne... Hortense as a child (uncr... Original Size (1280x720) Original Size (658x987)