A Girl Against Napoleon

Carmen la de Ronda, feature film, 1959.

DIRECTED BY: Tulio Demicheli

A Girl Against Napoleon

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