The Countess of Castiglione (Italian: La contessa Castiglione) is a 1942 Italian historical film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Doris Duranti, Andrea Checchi and Renato Cialente.[1] The film portrays the life of the nineteenth-century Italian aristocrat Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, best known as the lover of Napoleon III of France.
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| Directed by | Flavio Calzavara |
| Written by | Pino Accame Mario Beltrami Flavio Calzavara |
| Produced by | Giovanni Addessi |
| Starring | Doris Duranti Andrea Checchi Renato Cialente Enzo Biliotti |
| Cinematography | Carlo Montuori Gábor Pogány |
| Edited by | Ignazio Ferronetti |
| Music by | Virgilio Doplicher |
Production company | Nazionalcine |
| Distributed by | Manenti Film |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Cast
edit- Doris Duranti as Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
- Andrea Checchi as Baldo Princivalli
- Renato Cialente as Costantino Nigra
- Enzo Biliotti as Napoleon III
- Lamberto Picasso as marchese Oldoini
- Clara Auteri as Martina
- Annibale Betrone as l'urbanista barone Haussmann
- Giacomo Moschini as Mocquart
- Cesare Barbetti as il piccolo Peruzzi
- Marisa Dianora as Marianna
- Claudio Ermelli as il nobile sulla sedia a rotelle
- Nino Marchesini as Connot
- Alfredo Martinelli as un amico degli Oldoini
- Armando Migliari as un amico degli Oldoini
- Nico Pepe as un amico degli Oldoini
- Emilio Petacci as un amico degli Oldoini
- Vinicio Sofia as un amico degli Oldoini
- Maria Pia Spini as l'imperatrice Eugenia
- Gabriele Ferzetti
- Fulvio Ranieri
- Ennio Sammartino
- Ambretta Glori
- Edoardo Grandi
- Alda Lauri
- Alessandra Adari
- Luigi Allodoli
See also
edit- The Contessa's Secret (1954)
References
edit- ^ "Gabriele Ferzetti". Mymovies.it. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
External links
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