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Carmen is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke and Leopold von Ledebur. It was based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Like Bizet's opera Carmen, this film only adapts the third part of Mérimée's novella and transforms the character of Don José at the beginning of the story from bandit on the run to honest man in love with his childhood sweetheart. The film was released with English intertitles in the United States in 1921 under the alternative title Gypsy Blood.
Original Release
12/20/1918
US Release
05/08/1921
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Harry Liedtke | José Navarro |
| Sophie Pagay | Don José's mother / José Navarros Mutter |
| Pola Negri | Carmen / Carmen, eine Zigaretten-arbeiterin |
| Paul Biensfeldt | Garcia, Schmuggler / Garcia, Smuggler |
| Paul Conradi | Don Cairo, Schmuggler / Don Cairo, Smuggler |
| Margarete Kupfer | Carmens Wirtin / Carmen's Landlady |
| Leopold von Ledebur | Escamillo, ein Stierfechter / Escamillo, Bullfighter |
| Heinrich Peer | English Officer / Ein englischer Offizier |
| Wilhelm Diegelmann | Prison Guard / Ein Gefängniswärter |
| Magnus Stifter | Leutnant Esteban / Lieutnant Esteban |
Directors
Writers
Grete Diercks, Prosper Mérimée, Hanns Kräly, Norbert Falk, M.M. Stearns
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Harry Liedtke | José Navarro |
| Sophie Pagay | Don José's mother / José Navarros Mutter |
| Pola Negri | Carmen / Carmen, eine Zigaretten-arbeiterin |
| Paul Biensfeldt | Garcia, Schmuggler / Garcia, Smuggler |
| Paul Conradi | Don Cairo, Schmuggler / Don Cairo, Smuggler |
| Margarete Kupfer | Carmens Wirtin / Carmen's Landlady |
| Leopold von Ledebur | Escamillo, ein Stierfechter / Escamillo, Bullfighter |
| Heinrich Peer | English Officer / Ein englischer Offizier |
| Wilhelm Diegelmann | Prison Guard / Ein Gefängniswärter |
| Magnus Stifter | Leutnant Esteban / Lieutnant Esteban |
| Victor Janson | |
| Albert Venohr | |
| Grete Diercks | Dolores / Dolores, José Navarros Braut |
| Mingyu | Remendato, Schmuggler / Remendato, Smuggler |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Paul Davidson | Producer |
