''Carmen'' ( it, Carmen proibita, es, Siempre Carmen) is a 1953 Italian-Spanish

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directed by

Giuseppe Maria Scotese Giuseppe Maria Scotese (1916–2002) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.Goble p.705 Selected filmography * ''Fear No Evil (1945 film), Fear No Evil'' (1945) * ''The Models of Margutta'' (1946) * ''The Great Dawn (1947 film), The Great ...

and starring

Ana Esmeralda Ana Esmeralda (7 December 1931 – 22 November 2022) was a Moroccan-born Spanish film actress. Selected filmography * ''Lola the Coalgirl'' (1952) * '' María Dolores'' (1953) * '' Bronze and Moon'' (1953) * ''Carmen'' (1953) * ''College Boardin ...

Fausto Tozzi Fausto Tozzi (29 October 1921 – 10 December 1978) was an Italian film actor and screenwriter. He appeared in 70 films between 1951 and 1978. He wrote the script for ''The Defeated Victor'', which was entered into the 9th Berlin Internation ...

and

Mariella Lotti Maria Camilla Pianotti (17 November 1919 – 18 December 2004), known by the stage name Mariella Lotti, was an Italian film actress. Lotti made her film debut in 1939, and played leading ladies in a number of Fascist era and post-war films. She ...

. It is based on

Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, and a ...

's novel ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

''.

Plot

A Panamanian cargo ship docks at night at a dock on the Guadalquivir River. José, chief officer of Italian origin, is on duty on the ship. Carmen, an attractive gypsy from Granada, who works in Seville with a gang of tobacco smugglers, comes up on deck and begins to dance to distract the attention of the men on board, thus allowing her cronies to unload the merchandise from the ship. However, the police discover the operation and intervene. Carmen manages to flee from the investigations thanks to the protection of José, who falls madly in love with her.

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* 1953 drama films Italian drama films Spanish drama films 1953 films 1950s Italian-language films Films based on Carmen Films directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese Suevia Films films Spanish black-and-white films Italian black-and-white films 1950s Italian films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub