The Black Crown (film)
The Black Crown (French: La Couronne noire, Spanish: La corona negra) is a 1951 French-Spanish film noir directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Vittorio Gassman.[1] It is based on the story La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée.[2]
| The Black Crown | |
|---|---|
 María Félix in the film | |
| Directed by | Luis Saslavsky |
| Produced by | Cesáreo González |
| Screenplay by | Jean Cocteau Charles de Peyret-Chappuis Luis Saslavsky |
| Based on | La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée |
| Starring | María Félix Rossano Brazzi Vittorio Gassman |
| Music by | Juan Quintero |
| Cinematography | Antonio L. Ballesteros Valentín Javier |
| Edited by | José Antonio Rojo |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Suevia Films |
Release date | 23 May 1951 |
Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | France Spain |
| Language | French Spanish |
Cast
- María Félix as Mara Russell
- Rossano Brazzi as Andrés
- Vittorio Gassman as Mauricio
- José María Lado as Sr. Russel
- Antonia Plana as Señora Russel
- Avelino Santana
- Julia Caba Alba as Flora
- Manuel Arbó as Orlando
- Antonia Herrero
- Félix Fernández as El jardinero
- Concha López Silva
- Casimiro Hurtado as El conde Ludovico
- Carmen Moreno
- Francisco Pierrá as Pío
- Dayna
- Santiago Rivero as Don Enrique
- María Cañete as Ana
- Mariano Alcón
- María Francés as María
- Domingo Rivas as Abogado de Mauricio
- Diana Salcedo
- Piéral as Pablo, the dwarf
- Arturo Bragaglia
References
- Tomkins & Foster p.97
- "La Couronne noire". cinematheque.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
Bibliography
- Cynthia Tompkins & David William Foster. Notable Twentieth-century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001.
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