Imperial Violets (1952 film)

Imperial Violets
Directed by Richard Pottier
Produced by Cesáreo González
Emile Natan
Written by Jesús María de Arozamena
Henry Roussel
Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Starring Luis Mariano
Carmen Sevilla
Simone Valère
Music by Francis Lopez
Cinematography César Fraile
Christian Matras
Edited by Christian Gaudin
Gaby Peñalba
Production
company
Release date
12 December 1952
Running time
94 minutes
Country France
Spain
Language French

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.

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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