Imperial Violets (1952 film)

Imperial Violets
Directed by	Richard Pottier
Produced by	Cesáreo González Emile Natan
Written by	Jesús María de Arozamena Henry Roussel Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Starring	Luis Mariano Carmen Sevilla Simone Valère
Music by	Francis Lopez
Cinematography	César Fraile Christian Matras
Edited by	Christian Gaudin Gaby Peñalba
Production company	Producciones Benito Perojo Productions Emile Natan Suevia Films
Release dates	12 December 1952
Running time	94 minutes
Country	France Spain
Language	French

Imperial Violets (French:Violettes impériales, Spanish:Violetas imperiales) is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Simone Valère. It is an operetta film, based on the 1948 stage work of the same title. The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq and the costumes by Marcel Escoffier and Jean Zay.

It was second most popular film released in France in 1952, attracting an audience of more than eight million.

Cast

• Luis Mariano as Juan de Ayala
• Carmen Sevilla as Violetta
• Simone Valère as Eugénie de Montijo
• Marie Sabouret as Mme. de Pierrefeu
• Colette Régis as Mme de Montijo
• Louis Arbessier as Napoleon III
• Micheline Francey as Clotilde
• María Riquelme as Anaïs
• Véra Norman as Mirette
• Raymond Girard as Prosper Mérimée
• Lucien Blondeau as Le grand chambellan
• Paul Faivre as L'aubergiste
• Camille Guérini as Le docteur
• René Hell as Le cocher
• Angustias Albaicín
• Rafael Arcos
• Francisco Bernal
• Jackie Blanchot
• Joseph Chaumel
• Aurora de Alba
• Lolita De Silva
• Gil Delamare
• Félix Fernández
• Mateo Guitart
• Maruja Heredia
• Lucien Nat
• Rafael Nogales
• Raphaël Patorni
• Joaquín Pujol
• Manuel Requena
• Alfonso Rojas

Bibliography

• Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.

External links

• Imperial Violets at IMDb