Battle of Aspern-Essling (1809) and his marriage to the Duchess of Parma in 1810 and the birth of a son in 1811. Napoleon, feeling provoked by the Russians, invades in 1812 and watches from the Kremlin as Moscow ignites. The final episode begins with the bitter retreat from Russia. Sensing France's weakness, the War of the Sixth Coalition erupts in 1813, and, outnumbered, Napoleon's forces are reduced and Paris is taken in 1814. After attempting suicide, and being forced to abdicate, he becomes the sovereign of Elba. Later, there is the Hundred Days, culminating with the Battle of Waterloo (1815) and the defeat of the imperial forces. It ends with Napoleon dying in exile on the island of Saint Helena in 1821. Cast Christian Clavier as Napoléon Bonaparte Isabella Rossellini as Joséphine de Beauharnais Gérard Depardieu as Joseph Fouché John Malkovich as Charles Talleyrand Anouk Aimée as Letizia Bonaparte Heino Ferch as Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt Sebastian Koch as Marshal Jean Lannes Ennio Fantastichini as Joseph Bonaparte Yves Jacques as Lucien Bonaparte Alexandra Maria Lara as Countess Marie Walewska Toby Stephens as Alexander I of Russia Mavie Hörbiger as Marie Louise of Austria Marie Bäumer as Caroline Bonaparte Claudio Amendola as Marshal Joachim Murat Julian Sands as Klemens von Metternich Ludivine Sagnier as Hortense de Beauharnais John Wood as Pope Pius VII Natacha Amal as Madame Bertrand Charlotte Valandrey as Madame Coigny Florence Pernel as Thérésa Tallien Jessica Paré as Eléanore Denuelle Tamsin Egerton-Dick as Lucia Elizabeth "Miss Betsy" Balcombe David La Haye as Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien David Francis as Sir Hudson Lowe Jacky Nercessian as Roustam Raza Guillaume Depardieu as Jean-Baptiste Muiron Alain Doutey as Marshal Michel Ney Serge Dupire as Pierre Cambronne Philippe Volter as Paul Barras Vincent Grass as Charles IV of Spain Jean Dell as Malmaison's player Production Filming took place in Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Morocco and Switzerland. The filmmakers found that many locations in Hungary resembled 19th century France. However, matte paintings and various digital effects were also employed in post-production in order to recreate the historical setting. In many of the battle sequences, computer-generated soldiers created by Hybride Technologies were added into the footage. The fact that Napoleon left behind many historical records helped in the production, and other records were supplied by the modern-day French Army. Historical accuracy In the first episode, during the Plot of