''Imperial Violets'' (French:''Violettes impériales''; German:''Die Veilchen der Kaiserin'') is a 1932 French

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directed by

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and starring Raquel Meller,

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and

Georges Péclet Prosper Désiré "Georges" Péclet (27 July 1897 – 11 January 1974) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. Career Between 1919 and 1957, Péclet played in ninety-five films (including several short films). He was an assistant directo ...

.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.123 It is a remake of the 1924 silent film of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art directors René Decrais and

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Cast

* Raquel Meller as Violetta *

as Eugénie de Montijo *

as Pierre de Saint-Affremont * Émile Drain as

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* Paule Andral as Madame de Montijo * Carlotta Conti as Madame de Berry-Fronsac * Marguerite Charles as La maréchale de Mondovi *

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as Mademoiselle Adélaïde *

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as Madame de la Tour-Maignan *

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as Le duc de Morny *

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as Professeur Fourras *

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as Le marquis Carlos Lopez Vega Santianos *

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as Raoul *

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as L'évêque *

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* Myane Destrem *

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* Made Sylvere

International Release

The film was released in the United States in 1935 as La Violetera, with Spanish, rather than English, subtitles.

References

Bibliography

* Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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* 1932 films French historical films 1930s historical films 1930s French-language films Films set in Paris Films set in Seville Films set in the 1850s Remakes of French films Sound film remakes of silent films Films directed by Henry Roussel French black-and-white films Cultural depictions of Napoleon III 1930s French films {{1930s-France-film-stub

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