Carmen, la de Triana (Carmen, the girl from Triana) is a 1938 Spanish/German musical film directed by Florián Rey and starring Imperio Argentina, Rafael Rivelles and Manuel Luna. It was a Spanish-language version of the 1938 film Nights in Andalusia based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Triana is a neighbourhood of Seville.
Plot
The movie takes place in Seville in 1835. Carmen, a gypsy woman, intends to enter the barracks to give Antonio Vargas Heredia 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 go to see her. While Carmen sings, another woman steals the carnation José was given by the gipsy before.
Cast
Imperio Argentina as Carmen
Rafael Rivelles 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
Ramón Montoya as Guitarrista
Carlos Montoya as Guitarrista
Influence
The shooting of this Spanish version and the parallel German version are an inspiration for the 1998 Spanish film The Girl of Your Dreams.