Sep 26, 1954
89 min
Full-HD

The Contessa's Secret (1954)

The lover of an Italian revolutionary offers herself to Napoleon in exchange for her sweetheart's life.

Category

Romance Drama History

Country

Italy France

Companies

Taurus Films Radius Productions

Yvonne De Carlo

La Castiglione - Virginia Oldoini

Georges Marchal

Lucio Falengo

Paul Meurisse

L'empereur Napoléon III

Rossano Brazzi

Le comte de Cavour

Lucienne Legrand

L'impératrice

Lea Padovani

La princesse Mathilde Bonaparte

Georges Lannes

Mocquart

Tamara Lees

La princesse de Metternich

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