Imperial Venus (film)
- 1962 (1962)
Italy
Imperial Venus (French: Vénus impériale, Italian: Venere Imperiale) is a 1962 French-Italian historical film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Gina Lollobrigida, Stephen Boyd and Raymond Pellegrin. It depicts the life of Pauline Bonaparte, the sister of Napoleon.[2][3] For her performance Lollobrigida won the David di Donatello for best actress and the Nastro d'Argento for the same category.[4]
Paolina (Paulette) is the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, she is portrayed as a willful, yet impulsive woman through her marriages and scandals, through the heights and depths of Napoleon's life.
Cast
- Gina Lollobrigida as Paulette Bonaparte
- Stephen Boyd as Jules de Canouville
- Raymond Pellegrin as Napoleon Bonaparte
- Micheline Presle as Josephine
- Gabriele Ferzetti as Freron
- Massimo Girotti as Leclerc
- Marco Guglielmi as Junot
- Lilla Brignone as Letizia
- Ernesto Calindri as Cardinal Fesch
- Andrea Checchi as Doctor
- Giulio Bosetti as Prince Camillo Borghese
- Gianni Santuccio as Antonio Canova
- Maria Laura Rocca as Laura De Barral
- Giustino Durano as Bousque
- Liana Del Balzo as Princess Borghese
- Andrea Bosic as Del Val
- Claudio Catania as Gerolamo Bonaparte
- Attilio Dottesio
References
- ^ "Rome". Variety. 3 May 1961. p. 86.
- ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
- ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
External links
- Imperial Venus at IMDb
- Imperial Venus at Variety Distribution
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