Goddess Of Love (1957)
She was Aphrodite...The Goddess of Love!...and on the field of battle men risked death - for the promise of her favors!
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 31M
Director : Viktor Tourjansky, Giorgio Venturini
Escritor : Damiano Damiani, Federico Zardi
Sinopse
The god Zeus sends Venus, the goddess of love, to Earth to find her own true love.
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