Movie: The Contessa's Secret

Top 10 Billed Cast

Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo

La Castiglione - Virginia Oldoini

Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal

Lucio Falengo

Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse

L'empereur Napoléon III

Rossano Brazzi
Rossano Brazzi

Le comte de Cavour

Lucienne Legrand
Lucienne Legrand

L'impératrice

Lea Padovani
Lea Padovani

La princesse Mathilde Bonaparte

Georges Lannes
Georges Lannes

Mocquart

Tamara Lees
Tamara Lees

La princesse de Metternich

Claude Boissol
Claude Boissol

Nigra

Michel Etcheverry
Michel Etcheverry

Pietri

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

  • Release Date

    1954-09-26

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