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Released
1998 · FILM

Dangerous Beauty

A brilliant but penniless Venetian woman trains as a courtesan to win the love of a nobleman, only to clash with the city’s elite and a ruthless Inquisition that threatens her freedom and reputation.

Born without privilege. Bound by tradition. She found the courage to follow her heart.

Runtime
111 min
BiographyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Veronica is intelligent, talented, and attractive, but the nobleman she loves, Marco Venier, cannot wed her due to her lack of wealth and uncertain family background. To improve Veronica's prospects, her mother, Paola, trains her to become a courtesan, a role that provides company and companionship to the wealthiest and most influential men in Venice. Using her wit and charm, Veronica seeks to alter her fate and pursue a future that includes true love.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Arthur CoburnShot by Bojan BazelliScored by George FentonDesigned by Norman Garwood

Box Office

1998 · Box office

Grossed $4.6M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$4.6M

Worldwide gross$4.6M

Opening weekend: $106K 2% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Peak 10 theaters

Also known as

  • Dangerous Beauty - Die Kurtisane von Venedigde
  • Gefährliche Schönheit - Die Kurtisane von Venedigde
  • The Honest Courtesanen
  • La Courtisanefr
  • Padrona del suo destinoit

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