The Beautiful Otero

The Beautiful Otero
The Beautiful Otero
Directed by	Richard Pottier
Written by	Carolina Otero (memories); Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon; Jacques Sigurd;
Produced by	Emile Natan; ;
Starring	María Félix; Jacques Berthier; Louis Seigner;
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Edited by
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production; companies	Les Films Modernes; Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali; Cine Produzione Astoria; CIRAC;
Distributed by	Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (France)
Release date	5 November 1954
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	France; Italy;
Language	French

The Beautiful Otero (French: La belle Otero, Italian: La bella Otero) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Richard Pottier and starring María Félix, Jacques Berthier and Louis Seigner.^[1] It is based on the story of the nineteenth century Spanish dancer and courtesan Caroline Otéro.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Filming took place at the Joinville Studios and in Paris. It was shot in Eastmancolor.

Cast[]

María Félix as Caroline Otéro
Jacques Berthier as Jean Chastaing
Louis Seigner as L'imprésario Robert Martel
Marie Sabouret as Diane de Nemours
Paolo Stoppa as Frédéric
as Morillon
Maurice Teynac as Mountfeller
Jean Pâqui as D'Herbecourt
Micheline Gary as Eglantine
Nerio Bernardi as Le grand-duc
as Pablo
as Un spectateur au Kursaal
as La présentatrice
as Lucie

References[]

^ The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture p.54

Bibliography[]

Tom Brown & Belén Vidal. The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture. Routledge, 2013.

External links[]

The Beautiful Otero at IMDb

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[1] The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture p.54

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