Carmen (1942 film)
(Redirected from Carmen (1944 film))
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| Directed by | Christian-Jaque |
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| Produced by | François Carron André Paulvé |
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| Cinematography | Ubaldo Arata |
| Edited by | Jacques Desagneaux Jole Tonini |
| Music by | Maurice-Paul Guillot |
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| Distributed by | DisCina (France) Scalera Film (Italy) |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
Carmen is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Romance, Jean Marais and Lucien Coëdel. It is a version of the famous opera.[1] Although filmed in 1942 it was not released until 1944 in France and 1945 in Italy.
It was one of the most popular movies in France in 1945 with admissions of 4,277,813.[2][3]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome.
Cast
[edit]- Viviane Romance as Carmen
- Jean Marais as Don José
- Lucien Coëdel as Garcia
- Julien Bertheau as Lucas, le matador / Lucas, il matador
- Jean Brochard as Lillas-Pastia
- Georges Tourreil as Dancaire
- Adriano Rimoldi as Marquez, le lieutenant des Dragons / Marquez, il tenente dei Dragoni
- Elli Parvo as Pamela
- Mario Gallina as Un marchand / Un mercante
- Marguerite Moreno as La gitane / La zingara
- Bernard Blier as Remendado
References
[edit]- ^ Zanger p.147
- ^ French box office of 1945 at Box Office Story
- ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
Bibliography
[edit]- Anat Zanger. Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise: From Carmen to Ripley. Amsterdam University Press, 2006.
External links
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