Nights in Andalusia () is a 1938 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Imperio Argentina, Friedrich Benfer and Karl Klüsner. It is based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, itself based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. A Spanish-language version Carmen, la de Triana was made at the same time. The making of the film was an influence on the 1998 Spanish film The Girl of Your Dreams.
Cast
Imperio Argentina as Carmen, a Gypsy girl
Friedrich Benfer as Don José
Karl Klüsner as Antonio Vargas Heredia
Erwin Biegel as Salvadore
Edwin Juergenssen as Major
Siegfried Schürenberg as Rittmeister Moraleda
Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Sergeant Garcia
Kurt Seifert as Juan
Hans Hessling as Triqui
Albert Venohr as Ein Schmuggler
Ernst Legal as Wirt in Sevilla
Margit Symo as Eine Tänzerin
Maria Koppenhöfer as Eine Wahrsagerin
Friedrich Ettel as Wirt einer Herberge
Milena von Eckhardt as Kellnerin
References
Bibliography
Niven, Bill, Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press, 2018.