The film is a semi-historical narrative and depicts the real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his wife from the American South, Elizabeth Patterson. Napoleon did not approve of the union (despite the fact that her family was one of the wealthiest in America), and the marriage was annulled. Jérôme was subsequently forced to marry Catharina of Württemberg. They had one child, depicted in the film, Jérôme Napoleon Bonaparte. In order to provide a "happy ending", Jérôme in the film leaves France to be with his wife. However, in historical fact he remained in Europe.
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== osoby ==			== profese ==
	Anthony Coldeway		Scénarista

cena	festival	ročník	osoba	nominace/cena
Nejlepší adaptovaný scénář	Oscar (Cena Akademie)	1 (1928)	Anthony Coldeway	nominace