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Directed by | Jean Delannoy |
Written by | Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud Jean Aurenche Leonardo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Jean Delannoy |
Starring | Gina Lollobrigida |
Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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Countries | France Italy |
Language | French |
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.