The Countess of Castiglione

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.

The Countess of Castiglione
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
Release date	14 October 1942 (1942-10-14)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• 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

• The Contessa's Secret (1954)