Imperial Violets (1952 film)
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Directed by | Richard Pottier |
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Release date | 12 December 1952 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
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Language | French |
Imperial Violets (French: Violettes impériales, Spanish: Violetas imperiales) is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Simone Valère.[1] It is an operetta film, based on the 1948 stage work of the same title. The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq and the costumes by and .
It was second most popular film released in France in 1952, attracting an audience of more than eight million.[2]
Cast[]
- Luis Mariano as Juan de Ayala
- Carmen Sevilla as Violetta
- Simone Valère as Eugénie de Montijo
- Marie Sabouret as Mme. de Pierrefeu
- Colette Régis as Mme de Montijo
- Louis Arbessier as Napoleon III
- Micheline Francey as Clotilde
- as Anaïs
- Véra Norman as Mirette
- Raymond Girard as Prosper Mérimée
- Lucien Blondeau as Le grand chambellan
- Paul Faivre as L'aubergiste
- Camille Guérini as Le docteur
- René Hell as Le cocher
- Félix Fernández
- Lucien Nat
- Raphaël Patorni
See also[]
- Imperial Violets (1924)
- Imperial Violets (1932)
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.
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Categories:
- French-language films
- 1952 films
- French films
- French historical musical films
- Spanish films
- Spanish historical musical films
- 1950s historical musical films
- Films set in Paris
- Films set in Seville
- Films shot in Spain
- Operetta films
- Films based on operettas
- Films directed by Richard Pottier
- Films set in the 1850s
- Remakes of French films
- Suevia Films films
- French black-and-white films
- Cultural depictions of Napoleon III
- Films produced by Cesáreo González
- 1930s French film stubs
- Historical musical film stubs