Imperial Violets (1952 film)

Imperial Violets (French: Violettes impériales, Spanish: Violetas imperiales) is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Simone Valère.[1] It is an operetta film, based on the 1948 stage work of the same title. The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq and the costumes by Marcel Escoffier and Jean Zay.

Imperial Violets
Directed byRichard Pottier
Produced byCesáreo González
Emile Natan
Written byJesús María de Arozamena
Henry Roussel
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
StarringLuis Mariano
Carmen Sevilla
Simone Valère
Music byFrancis Lopez
CinematographyCésar Fraile
Christian Matras
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Gaby Peñalba
Production
company
Release date
12 December 1952
Running time
94 minutes
CountryFrance
Spain
LanguageFrench

It was second most popular film released in France in 1952, attracting an audience of more than eight million.[2]

Cast

See also

References

  1. Hayward p.31
  2. Hayward p.463

Bibliography

  • Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.


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