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La contessa Castiglione (1942)

Name: La contessa Castiglione
Released: 1942-10-13

Plot.

The Countess Castiglione on a diplomatic mission to Paris on behalf of her cousin, the Count of Cavour, finds her old flame. The Countess is thus obliged to choose between fidelity to the commitment made and the temptation to reconnect the old relationship. In the end, she wins the Reason of State.

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Cast & Crew.

Doris Duranti

Virginia Oldoini, countess of Castiglione

Andrea Checchi

Baldo Princivalli

Renato Cialente

Costantino Nigra

Enzo Biliotti

Napoléon III

Lamberto Picasso

The Marquis Oldoini

Annibale Betrone

The town planner Baron Haussmann

Clara Auteri Pepe

Martina

Giacomo Moschini

Mocquart

Nico Pepe

A friend of Oldoini (uncredited)

Gabriele Ferzetti

(uncredited)

Alessandra Adari

Actress

Pino Accame

Story

Luigi Allodoli

Actor

Mario Beltrami

Screenplay

Flavio Calzavara

Story / Director

Virgilio Doplicher

Original Music Composer

Giovanni Addessi

Producer

Gábor Pogány

Director of Photography

Carlo Montuori

Director of Photography

Ignazio Ferronetti

Editor

Guido Fiorini

ProductionDesigner

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 13, 1942

Status
Released

Last updated: 2023-11-11

Wiki.

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.