''Carmen, la de Triana'' (''Carmen, the girl from Triana'') is a 1938

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directed by Florián Rey and starring Imperio Argentina,

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and Manuel Luna. It was a Spanish-language version of the 1938 film '' Nights in Andalusia'' based on the opera ''

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'' by

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. Triana is a neighbourhood of

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Plot

The movie takes place in Seville in 1835. Carmen, a young gypsy woman, intends to enter the barracks to give

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some tobacco. Thanks to a favor from Brigadier José, she gets to see the “torero”. In return Carmen offers the soldier the carnation in her hair. But not without informing everyone that she will sing at Mulero's tavern that night. José comes to see her. While Carmen sings, another woman steals the carnation José was given by the gipsy earlier.

Cast

* Imperio Argentina as Carmen *

as José Navarro * Manuel Luna as Antonio Vargas Heredia * Pedro Fernández Cuenca as Juan * Pedro Barreto as Salvador * Margit Symo as Dolores * Alberto Romea as Comandante Ramirez * J. Noé de la Peña as Triqui * José Prada as Dargento Garcia * Anselmo Fernández as Miguel * Juan Laffita Díaz as Mulero * Julio Roos as Capitán Moraleda *

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as Guitarrista * Carlos Montoya as Guitarrista

Influence

This Spanish version and the parallel German version are an inspiration for the 1998 Spanish film ''

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''.

References

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* 1938 films Films of Nazi Germany German historical musical films Spanish historical musical films 1930s historical musical films 1930s Spanish-language films Films based on Carmen Films directed by Florián Rey Films set in 1835 Films set in Seville Spanish multilingual films German black-and-white films German multilingual films Films based on adaptations Georges Bizet Spanish black-and-white films 1938 multilingual films Films about Romani people 1930s German films Spanish-language historical musical films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub