Carmen (1942 film)

Carmen
Carmen
Directed by	Christian-Jaque
Written by	Prosper Merimee (novella); Christian-Jaque; Henri Jeanson; Pier Luigi Melani; Claude-André Puget; Charles Spaak; Jacques Viot;
Produced by	François Carron ; André Paulvé
Starring	Viviane Romance; Jean Marais; Lucien Coëdel;
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Jacques Desagneaux ; Jole Tonini
Music by	Maurice-Paul Guillot
Production; companies	DisCina; Invicta Film; Scalera Film;
Distributed by	DisCina (France) ; Scalera Film (Italy)
Release date	8 August 1944;
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

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

Anat Zanger. Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise: From Carmen to Ripley. Amsterdam University Press, 2006.

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