Imperial Venus

Imperial Venus

1962/12/22 • Released • French, Italian, Latin, German

Drama
History
Romance
3.7
2h 20m

Overview

The romanticized gallant adventures of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister. First "engaged" to the Conventionnel Fréron, then separated from him by her brother for political reasons, Pauline joined Napoleon in the Italian army, where she fell in love with the comté de Canouville. But the First Consul married her to his friend, General Leclerc, whom she followed on the expedition to Saint-Domingue. Unconcerned about fidelity, she began to love her husband just as he was about to die of yellow fever. Back in France, she was soon consoled by other gallants. Napoleon, now emperor, hastened to marry her off to Prince Borghese, but he was unable to make her love him. She soon returned to Paris to lead the life of a gallant woman, incognito, and again met Canouville, whom the emperor tried in vain to separate from her. But soon the Russian campaign begins, and her lover is killed. All that remains for Pauline, this time disconsolate, is to reconcile with her brother on the road to exile.

Director : Jean Delannoy

Casts
Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

Paulette Bonaparte

Stephen Boyd

Stephen Boyd

Jules de Canouville

Raymond Pellegrin

Raymond Pellegrin

Napoleon Bonaparte

Micheline Presle

Micheline Presle

Josephine

Gabriele Ferzetti

Gabriele Ferzetti

Freron

Giulio Bosetti

Giulio Bosetti

Camillo Borghese

Massimo Girotti

Massimo Girotti

Leclerc

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