Carmen (1926 film)

Carmen
Raquel Meller as Carmen
Directed by	Jacques Feyder
Written by	Jacques Feyder Prosper Mérimée (novel)
Produced by	Alexandre Kamenka
Starring	Raquel Meller Fred Louis Lerch Gaston Modot
Cinematography	Maurice Desfassiaux Paul Parguel
Edited by	Henriette Caire Jacques Feyder
Music by	Ernesto Halffter
Production company	Films Albatros
Distributed by	Les Films Armor
Release date	November 5, 1926 (1926-11-05)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	France
Languages	Silent French intertitles

The 1926 film Carmen is a French silent drama based on Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novel Carmen, directed by Jacques Feyder and starring Raquel Meller, Fred Louis Lerch and Gaston Modot. The film's art direction was by Lazare Meerson. Luis Buñuel, later famous as a director, had a small role.

Full film

Cast

• Raquel Meller as Carmen
• Fred Louis Lerch as José Lizarrabengoa
• Gaston Modot as García 'El Tuerto'
• Jean Murat as Officier
• Victor Vina as Le Dancaire
• Guerrero de Xandoval as Lucas, le picador
• Charles Barrois as Lillas Pastia
• Georges Lampin as Contrebandier
• Raymond Guérin-Catelain as Duc d'El Chorbas
• Andrée Canti as a woman
• Luis Buñuel as Contrebandier chez lillas pastia
• Pedro de Hidalgo as El Remendado
• Arthur Duarte
• Charles Morat as Officier
• Joaquim Peindo as Guitar player
• Hernando Vines as Guitar player
• Roy Wood as Officier anglais

Bibliography

• Zanger, Anat. Film Remakes as Ritual and Disguise: From Carmen to Ripley. Amsterdam University Press, 2006.

External links

• Carmen at IMDb
• Carmen de Jacques Feyder archived article in French