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.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.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 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
Bibliography Anat Zanger. Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise: From Carmen to Ripley. Amsterdam University Press, 2006.
External links Carmen at IMDb Review of film at The New York Times