A Girl Against Napoleon
Carmen la de Ronda, feature film, 1959.
DIRECTED BY: Tulio Demicheli
CAST:
Sara Montiel (Carmen),
Jorge Mistral (Antonio),
Maurice Ronet (José),
Germán Cobos (Lucas),
José Marco Davó (Alcalde)
SCRIPT:
Alfonso Sastre,
Antonio Mas Guindal,
Tulio Demicheli (prema romanu Prospera Mériméea)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Antonio L. Ballesteros
Synopsis:
The story is set in Andalusia in the19th century while Spain was under Napoleon’s occupation. The heroine is the beautiful Carmen who lives and works as a singer in the local inn. She is the lover of a Spanish guerrilla fighter which is why Micaela, who is also in love with him, is envious. Following a large attack on the French, Antonio hides at Carmen’s. Th jealous Micaela reveals his hiding place to the French...
35 mm, color, 106 min