Carmen

1914 Drama 38 minutes Directed by Augusto Turqui

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About Carmen

Carmen seduces Don José, an officer of the Civil Guard, so her smuggler relatives can move goods. He leaves his post, and the affair turns him into a traitor and a killer. Giovanni Doria and Augusto Turqui are the names on the direction. Suzy Prim is billed.

Cast & crew

More about Carmen

FilmAffinity calls it a Spain-Italy coproduction and lists a 74-minute running time, with a script by Doria and Turqui from Prosper Mérimée and from the opera text by Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac. Wikidata lists 38 minutes and names Cines as producer. A Commons file dated 1913 runs 37 minutes 38 seconds and credits Marguerite Sylva. Andrea Habay, Juan Rovira, and Margarita Silva are on the catalog cast of this record.

Themes

Preservation

A circulating copy runs 37 minutes 38 seconds.

Notes

  • The 38-minute figure matches the circulating copy, not the 74-minute listing.
  • Sylva is the name on the Commons file. Prim is the name on this catalog.
  • The opera librettists are credited along with Mérimée.
  • Don José's fall is the plot the synopsis pages agree on.

Scenes

  • Carmen gets Don José to let the smugglers through.

Influenced by

  • Prosper Mérimée's Carmen
  • The opera text by Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac