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Carmen (1942 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Carmen' is a French-Italian musical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Viviane Romance, Jean Marais and Lucien Codel. It is a version of the famous opera.Zanger p.147 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.[http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/&prev=search French box office of 1945] at Box Office Story
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome.
Cast
* Viviane Romance as Carmen
* Jean Marais as Don Jos
* Lucien Codel 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
Bibliography
* Anat Zanger. 'Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise: From Carmen to Ripley'. Amsterdam University Press, 2006.
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