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Carmen (1926 film)

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Carmen
Raquel Meller as Carmen
Directed byJacques Feyder
Written byJacques Feyder
Prosper Mérimée (novel)
Produced byAlexandre Kamenka
Starring
CinematographyMaurice Desfassiaux
Paul Parguel
Edited byHenriette Caire
Jacques Feyder
Music byErnesto Halffter
Production
company
Distributed byLes Films Armor
Release date
  • November 5, 1926 (1926-11-05)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

The 1926 film Carmen is a French silent drama based on Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novel Carmen, directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Raquel Meller, Fred Louis Lerch and Gaston Modot.[1] The film's art direction was by Lazare Meerson. Luis Buñuel, later famous as a director, had a small role.

Full film

Cast

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  • Raquel Meller as Carmen
  • Fred Louis Lerch as José Lizarrabengoa
  • Gaston Modot as García 'El Tuerto'
  • Jean Murat as Officier
  • Victor Vina as Le Dancaire
  • Guerrero de Xandoval as Lucas, le picador
  • Charles Barrois as Lillas Pastia
  • Georges Lampin as Contrebandier
  • Raymond Guérin-Catelain as Duc d'El Chorbas
  • Andrée Canti as a woman
  • Luis Buñuel as Contrebandier chez lillas pastia
  • Pedro de Hidalgo as El Remendado
  • Arthur Duarte
  • Charles Morat as Officier
  • Joaquim Peindo as Guitar player
  • Hernando Vines as Guitar player
  • Roy Wood as Officier anglais

References

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  1. ^ Zanger p.147

Bibliography

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