Carmen is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. The existing versions of this film appear to be from the re-edited
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Carmen (novella)
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Carmen is a novella by Prosper Mérimée, written and first published in 1845. It has been adapted into a number of dramatic works, including the famous opera of the same name by Georges Bizet.
Carmen (1915 Cecil B. DeMille film)
…Carmen is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. The existing versions of this film appear to be from the re-edited 1918 re-release. A group of smugglers are trying to enter Spain…
Mérimée's own watercolor Carmen
Opening page of the original book
Illustration of Carmen (József Árpád Koppay, 1891)
Statue of Carmen on the Paseo Alcalde Marqués de Contadero, Seville