Imperial Violets (1952)
Violetas imperiales
Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis Napoleón of France she takes the young girl with her. The empress'cousin readily makes her his focus of attention, then she discovers a criminal attempt against the empress.
- Date of release
- 1952-12-12
- TMDB
- 5.7 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Director
- Richard Pottier
Casting
- Luis Mariano — Juan de Ayala
- Carmen Sevilla — Violetta
- Simone Valère — Eugénie de Montijo
- Louis Arbessier — Napoleón III
- Rafael Arcos — Felipe (uncredited)
- Félix Fernández — (uncredited)
- Manuel Requena — (uncredited)
- Marie Sabouret — Mme. de Pierrefeu
- Colette Régis — Mme de Montijo
- Micheline Francey — Clotilde
- Véra Norman — Mirette
- María Riquelme — Anaïs
Interesting facts
Imperial Violets is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Simone Valère. It is an operetta film, based on the 1948 stage work of the same title. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios and Joinville Studios in Paris.The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq and the costumes by Marcel Escoffier and Jean Zay.
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