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Carmen

Carmen

Carmen

1944•Unknown runtime•

★8.0(2 ratings)

DramaMusic

Overview

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. It was filmed in two versions, French and Italian, with the same screen cast but some different crew, and with Italian voices dubbed in on the Italian version, which have been munged together at IMDb. A third version, with English dubbed under the direction of British actor Noel Howlett, was made subsequently using one of the two (French or Italian) originals for the visual source.

Director

Christian-Jaque

Writers

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Main Cast

Viviane Romance

Viviane Romance

Carmen

Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Don José

Lucien Coëdel

Lucien Coëdel

Garcia

Julien Bertheau

Julien Bertheau

Lucas, le matador

Jean Brochard

Jean Brochard

Lillas-Pastia

Georges Tourreil

Georges Tourreil

Dancaire

Adriano Rimoldi

Adriano Rimoldi

Marquez, le lieutenant des Dragons / Marquez, il tenente dei Dragoni

Elli Parvo

Elli Parvo

Pamela

Mario Gallina

Mario Gallina

Un marchand / Un mercante

Marguerite Moreno

Marguerite Moreno

La gitane / La zingara

Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

Remendado

Anna Arena

Anna Arena

La dame dame dans la diligence

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Christian-Jaque
Assistant Director: Alberto Cardone

Writing

Dialogue: Claude-André Puget
Adaptation: Christian-Jaque
Adaptation: Pier Luigi Melani
Screenplay: Charles Spaak
Adaptation: Jacques Viot
Novel: Prosper Mérimée

Production

Production Manager: François Carron
Producer: André Paulvé
Production Manager: Arturo Ambrosio
Producer: François Carron

Music & Sound

Sound: Franco Robecchi

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Ubaldo Arata
Camera Operator: Leone Bioli

Editing

Editor: Jole Tonini
Editor: Jacques Desagneaux

Art Direction

Set Decoration: Amleto Bonetti
Assistant Set Decoration: Alfonso de Lucas
Production Design: Robert Gys
Art Direction: Paolo Reni

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Domenico Gaido
Costume Design: Marcel Escoffier

Keywords

opera

Did You Know?

#1

It was a co-production between: France, Italy.

#2

The film was directed by Christian-Jaque.

#3

The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak.

#4

Cinematography was handled by Ubaldo Arata.

#5

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0034581.

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Rating

8.0/10

Great

2 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Carmen

Status:

Released

Language:

Français, Italiano

Country of Origin:

France, Italy

Production Companies:

Scalera Film

Invicta Films