''Andalusia'' (French: ''Andalousie'') is a 1951 French-Spanish
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...
directed by
Robert Vernay
Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter.
Career
In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on ''Pépé le Moko''.
In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of ...
and starring
Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...
,
Carmen Sevilla
María del Carmen García Galisteo (16 October 1930 – 27 June 2023), known professionally as Carmen Sevilla, was a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career in the 1940s and became one of the most popular and highest paid star ...
and Arlette Poirier.https://www.unifrance.org/film/4639/andalousie Part of the tradition of
operetta film
Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a genre of musical films associated with, but not exclusive to, German language cinema. The genre began in the late 1920s, but its roots stretch back into the tradition of nineteenth century Viennese ope ...
s, it is based on an operetta composed by Francis Lopez. It was shot at the
Billancourt Studios
Billancourt Studios was a film studio in Paris which operated between 1922 and 1992. Located in Boulogne-Billancourt, it was one of the leading French studios.Szczepanik & Vonderau p.141 It was founded in the silent era by Henri Diamant-Berger. Dur ...
in
Paris
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Seville
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and filmed in
Gevacolor
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Guy de Gastyne. A separate Spanish-language version ''The Dream of Andalusia'' was also produced, directed by
Luis Lucia
Luis Lucia Mingarro (24 May 1914, in Valencia – 12 March 1984, in Madrid) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter.
His father, Luis Lucia, was the Spanish minister of communications in 1935. He studied Law and was the attorney of ...
.
Synopsis
Juanito has an argument with his girlified Dolorès and leaves for
Mexico
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where he finds fame as a
matador
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. Dolorès becomes celebrated herself as a
dancer
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under the
stage name
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of Estrellita, and sends many love letters to him. However these are intercepted by another woman who is in love with him and does everything she can to keep them apart, but the two meet again in
Seville
Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...
and despite a series of misunderstandings true love eventually triumphs.
Cast
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Luis Mariano
Luis Mariano Eusebio González García (13 August 1914 – 14 July 1970), also known as Luis Mariano, was a popular tenor of Spanish origin who achieved celebrity in 1946 with "La belle de Cadix" ("The Beautiful Lady of Cadix") an operetta by ...
as Juanito Var
*
Carmen Sevilla
María del Carmen García Galisteo (16 October 1930 – 27 June 2023), known professionally as Carmen Sevilla, was a Spanish actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career in the 1940s and became one of the most popular and highest paid star ...
Perrette Souplex
Perrette Souplex (22 April 1930 – 19 May 2024) was a French film and television actress. Souplex died on 19 May 2024, at the age of 94.
Selected filmography
* '' Paris Still Sings'' (1951)
* ''Andalusia
Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the south ...
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Jean Berton
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as Le commissaire
*
Alexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault (14 February 1901 – 2 April 1985) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films between 1931 and 1985.
Biography
He was born on February 14, 1901 in Paris 5th, at his parents' home, rue Guy-de-La-Brosse. H ...
Noël Roquevert
Noël Roquevert (born Noël Louis Raymond Bénévent; 18 December 1892 – 6 November 1973) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1932 and 1972. Roquevert was born in Doué-la-Fontaine and was married ...
as Ricardo Garcia
*
Maurice Baquet
Maurice Louis Baquet (26 May 1911 – 8 July 2005) was a French actor and cellist.
He was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône and died in Noisy-le-Grand.Paul Demange as Le régisseur
*
Daniel Mendaille
Daniel Mendaille (27 November 1885 – 17 May 1963) was a French stage and film actor whose career spanned nearly sixty years.
Early life
Born Daniel Henri Élie Mendaille in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Mendaille studied architecture at the Académi ...