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Carmen

Based On the book by Prosper Mérimée

Carmen is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, and Leopold von Ledebur. It was based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Like Bizet's opera Carmen, this film only adapts the third part of Mérimée's novella and transforms the character of Don José at the beginning of the story from bandit on the run to honest man in love with his childhood sweetheart. The film was released with English intertitles in the United States in 1921 under the alternative title Gypsy Blood.

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Release date:
December 17, 1918
Director:
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast:
Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Grete Diercks, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Leopold von Ledebur
Genre:
Drama, Silent
Country:
Germany
Language:
German

Book vs Film

Cover of Carmen
The Book · 1847

Carmen

Prosper Mérimée

Poster for Carmen
The Film · 1918

Carmen

Ernst Lubitsch

★ 6.0 / 10 504 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 71 years after publication.

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