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.

Carmen
Directed byChristian-Jaque
Written by
Produced byFrançois Carron
André Paulvé
Starring
CinematographyUbaldo Arata
Edited byJacques Desagneaux
Jole Tonini
Music byMaurice-Paul Guillot
Production
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Distributed byDisCina (France)
Scalera Film (Italy)
Release date
  • 8 August 1944 (1944-08-08)
Running time
124 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

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

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References

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  1. ^ Zanger p.147
  2. ^ French box office of 1945 at Box Office Story
  3. ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.

Bibliography

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