Overview

The tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl, Carmen, who treats him with both love and contempt and leads him into temptation and thus damnation.

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Based on
Based on Carmen
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Setting
Set in Seville
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Music
Music by Artur Vieregg
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Alfred Hansen
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Details

Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Writers: Prosper MériméeNovel
Norbert FalkWriter
Hanns KrälyWriter
Status: Released
Release date: December 20, 1918
Original language: German
Countries: Germany

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Production

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Cast

Pola NegriCarmen
Harry LiedtkeJosé Navarro
Grete DiercksDolores
Sophie PagayDon José's mother
Leopold von LedeburEscamillo, Bullfighter
Paul BiensfeldtGarcia, Smuggler
Paul ConradiDon Cairo, Smuggler
Max KronertRemendato, Smuggler
Margarete KupferCarmen's Landlady
Heinrich PeerEnglish Officer
Wilhelm DiegelmannPrison Guard
Magnus StifterLieutnant Esteban
Victor Janson
Albert Venohr