The Countess of Castiglione

2006•1h 30m

DramaWar & Politics

Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, is an unscrupulous and beautiful woman, in love with Andrea Pieri, a patriot ready to do anything to free Italy from the foreign oppressor. Wounded during a chase, Pieri takes refuge in the castle of Virginia, which, with the approval of her husband, Count Francesco Verasis of Castiglione, takes care of him. Meanwhile, Nigra, in charge of the affairs of the Kingdom of Piedmont in Paris, discovers the relations of the countess with the subversives and sees in her the perfect tool to bring Napoleon closer to the Italian cause.

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Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 3, 2006

Last Aired

December 4, 2006

Networks

Rai 1

Created By

Josée Dayan

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Episode 1

Air date: 2006-12-03

Milan, 1855. The beautiful Virginia, Countess of Castiglione, helps a young revolutionary painter, Andrea Pieri, to escape the Austrians. Passion breaks out between the two. Pieri portrays the woman in a sketch that arrives in the hands of Napoleon III, who instructs the diplomat Nigra, actually head of the secret services of Savoy, to track her down. He asked the woman to lend herself to a special patriotic mission: to support the efforts of the sàbauda diplomacy, seducing the Emperor of France and convincing him to put the question of Italian independence on the agenda of the Paris peace conference.

Episode 2

Air date: 2006-12-04

Virginia falls in love with Napoleon III. Empress Eugenia, who had hints of their love story, is shown a jealousy that could compromise her plans.

Cast

Francesca Dellera

Virginia Oldoini Verasis / Contessa di Castiglione

Jeanne Moreau

Principessa Sisi Altieri

Sergio Rubini

Costantino Nigra

Christopher Thompson

Andrea Pieri

Andrea Tidona

Prefetto Donadieu

Frédéric van den Driessche

Imperatore Napoleone III

Goya Toledo

Imperatrice Eugenia

Marco Messeri

Camillo Benso / Conte di Cavour

Toni Garrani

Rothschild

Sergio Assisi

Francesco Verasis / Conte di Castiglione

Claire Nebout

Matilde Bonaparte

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