Carmen, The Girl From Triana

A Spanish-German production of 1938starring Imperio Argentina, the biggest Spanish star of the period, and directed by Florian Reythis version of the famous Carmen plot, spruced up for the Spanish censors, allowed Germany to break into the Latin American film market. A very popular and successful movie when it came out, the film reportedly features Argentina’s singing and dancing at its most effective.

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