''Carmen'' is a 1926 French silent

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directed by

Jacques Feyder Jacques Feyder (; 21 July 1885 – 24 May 1948) was a Belgian actor, screenwriter and film director who worked principally in France, but also in the US, Britain and Germany. He was a director of silent films during the 1920s, and in the 1930 ...

and starring Raquel Meller,

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and

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. It is based on

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's 1845

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-set novel '' Carmen''.Zanger p.147 The film's art direction was by

Lazare Meerson Lazare Meerson (1900–1938) was a Russian-born cinema art director. After emigrating to France in the early 1920s, he worked on French films of the late silent cinema and the early 1930s, particularly those directed by René Clair and Jacques F ...

Cast

* Raquel Meller as Carmen *

as José Lizarrabengoa *

as García 'El Tuerto' * Jean Murat as Officier *

Victor Vina Victor Vina (1885–1961) was a French film actor.Goble p.331 He was born Victor Emanuel Jules Vinatieri in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France and died in Paris. Selected filmography * '' The Portrait'' (1923) * '' Faces of Children'' (1925) * '' C ...

as Le Dancaire * Guerrero de Xandoval as Lucas, le picador *

Charles Barrois Charles Eugene Barrois (21 August 18515 November 1939) was a French geologist and palaeontologist. Life Barrois was born at Lille and educated at the Jesuit College of St Joseph in that town, where he studied geology under Professor Jules Goss ...

as Lillas Pastia *

Georges Lampin Georges Lampin (14 October 1901 – 8 May 1979) was a French actor and film director. He directed twelve films between 1946 and 1963. Selected filmography Director * ''The Idiot'' (1946) * ''Eternal Conflict'' (1948) * ''Return to Life'' ...

as Contrebandier * Raymond Guérin-Catelain as Duc d'El Chorbas * Andrée Canti as Une femme *

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as Contrebandier chez lillas pastia * Pedro de Hidalgo as El Remendado *

Arthur Duarte Arthur Duarte (1895–1982) was a Portuguese actor, screenwriter, production designer and film director. Selected filmography * '' Carmen'' (1926) * ''The Republic of Flappers'' (1928) * '' Because I Love You'' (1928) * ''Ludwig II, King of B ...

* Charles Morat as Officier * Joaquim Peindo as Guitar player * Hernando Vines as Guitar player *

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as Officier anglais

References

Bibliography

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

External links

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''Carmen de Jacques Feyder''
archived article in French 1926 films Films directed by Jacques Feyder French silent feature films 1920s historical drama films French historical drama films Films set in the 19th century Films set in Seville Films based on Carmen Films scored by Ernesto Halffter French black-and-white films 1926 drama films Films about Romani people Luis Buñuel Silent drama films 1920s French films {{1920s-France-film-stub