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]

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

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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  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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