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| Directed by | Jean Delannoy |
| Written by | Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud Jean Aurenche Leonardo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Jean Delannoy |
| Produced by | Robert Chabert Guido Giambartolomei Jean Le Duc Alain Poiré Angelo Rizzoli Roger Sallard |
| Starring | Gina Lollobrigida Stephen Boyd Raymond Pellegrin |
| Cinematography | Gábor Pogány |
| Edited by | Otello Colangeli |
| Music by | Angelo Francesco Lavagnino |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont Distribution (France) Variety Distribution (Italy) |
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| Countries | France Italy |
| Languages | French Italian |
| Budget | $2.5 million[1] |
Imperial Venus (French:Vénus impériale,Italian:Venere Imperiale) is a 1962French-Italianhistoricaldrama film directed byJean Delannoy and starringGina Lollobrigida,Stephen Boyd andRaymond Pellegrin.[2] It depicts the life ofPauline Bonaparte, the sister ofNapoleon.[3][4] For her performance Lollobrigida won theDavid di Donatello forbest actress and theNastro d'Argento forthe same category.[5] It was shot at theCinecittà Studios inRome andon location at thePalazzo Borghese. The film's sets were created by theart directorRené Renoux, with the costumes designed byGiancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni.
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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