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La contessa Castiglione (1942)

La contessa Castiglione poster
Directed by
Flavio Calzavara
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of a 19th century Italian countess who becomes the lover of Napoleon III of France. It follows her life and relationships in the aristocratic circles of the time.

historicalromanticdramaticelegantintimatepoignantperiod

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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