Imperial Venus (film)

Imperial Venus
Directed byJean Delannoy
Written byRodolphe-Maurice Arlaud
Jean Aurenche
Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Jean Delannoy
StarringGina Lollobrigida
CinematographyGábor Pogány
Edited byOtello Colangeli
Music byAngelo Francesco Lavagnino
Distributed byGaumont Distribution (France)
Variety Distribution (Italy)
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench
Budget$2.5 million[1]

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.

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References

  1. ^ "Rome". Variety. 3 May 1961. p. 86.
  2. ^ Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  3. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
  4. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.


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