The Black Crown (film)
| The Black Crown | |
|---|---|
 María Félix in the film | |
| Directed by | Luis Saslavsky |
| Screenplay by | Jean Cocteau Luis Saslavsky |
| Based on | La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée |
| Produced by | Cesáreo González |
| Starring | María Félix Rossano Brazzi Vittorio Gassman |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | José Antonio Rojo |
| Music by | Juan Quintero |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Suevia Films |
Release date | 23 May 1951 |
Running time | 106 minutes |
| Countries | France Spain |
| Languages | French Spanish |
The Black Crown (French: La Couronne noire, Spanish: La corona negra) is a 1951 French-Spanish film noir directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Vittorio Gassman.[1] It is based on the story La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée.[2]
Cast[]
- María Félix as Mara Russell
- Rossano Brazzi as Andrés
- Vittorio Gassman as Mauricio
- as Sr. Russel
- as Señora Russel
- Julia Caba Alba as Flora
- Manuel Arbó as Orlando
- Antonia Herrero
- Félix Fernández as El jardinero
- as El conde Ludovico
- Carmen Moreno
- as Pío
- Dayna
- as Don Enrique
- as Ana
- María Francés as María
- as Abogado de Mauricio
- as Pablo, the dwarf
- Arturo Bragaglia
References[]
- ^ Tomkins & Foster p.97
- ^ "La Couronne noire". cinematheque.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
Bibliography[]
- Cynthia Tompkins & David William Foster. Notable Twentieth-century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001.
External links[]
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Categories:
- 1951 films
- 1951 drama films
- Spanish drama films
- Spanish films
- Spanish-language films
- Films based on works by Prosper Mérimée
- Films directed by Luis Saslavsky
- Films with screenplays by Jean Cocteau
- Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz
- Films based on short fiction
- French black-and-white films
- Spanish black-and-white films
- 1950s Spanish film stubs