The Black Crown (film)

The Black Crown
María Félix in the film
Directed by	Luis Saslavsky
Screenplay by	Jean Cocteau Charles de Peyret-Chappuis Luis Saslavsky
Based on	La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée
Produced by	Cesáreo González
Starring	María Félix Rossano Brazzi Vittorio Gassman
Cinematography	Antonio L. Ballesteros Valentín Javier
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production company	Suevia Films
Distributed by	Suevia Films
Release date	23 May 1951
Running time	106 minutes
Countries	France Spain
Languages	French Spanish

The Black Crown (French: La Couronne noire, Spanish: La corona negra) is a 1951 French-Spanish film noir directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Vittorio Gassman. It is based on the story La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée.

Cast

• María Félix as Mara Russell
• Rossano Brazzi as Andrés
• Vittorio Gassman as Mauricio
• José María Lado as Sr. Russel
• Antonia Plana as Señora Russel
• Avelino Santana
• Julia Caba Alba as Flora
• Manuel Arbó as Orlando
• Antonia Herrero
• Félix Fernández as El jardinero
• Concha López Silva
• Casimiro Hurtado as El conde Ludovico
• Carmen Moreno
• Francisco Pierrá as Pío
• Dayna
• Santiago Rivero as Don Enrique
• María Cañete as Ana
• Mariano Alcón
• María Francés as María
• Domingo Rivas as Abogado de Mauricio
• Diana Salcedo
• Piéral as Pablo, the dwarf
• Arturo Bragaglia

Bibliography

• Cynthia Tompkins & David William Foster. Notable Twentieth-century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001.

External links

• The Black Crown at IMDb