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Carmen

1918·94 min·DE
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Drama

The tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl, Carmen, who treats him with both love and contempt and leads him into temptation and thus damnation.

The tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl, Carmen, who treats him with both love and contempt and leads him into temptation and thus damnation.

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Cast

Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Carmen

Harry Liedtke

Harry Liedtke

José Navarro

Grete Diercks

Grete Diercks

Dolores

Sophie Pagay

Sophie Pagay

Don José's mother

Leopold von Ledebur

Leopold von Ledebur

Escamillo, Bullfighter

Paul Biensfeldt

Paul Biensfeldt

Garcia, Smuggler

P

Paul Conradi

Don Cairo, Smuggler

M

Max Kronert

Remendato, Smuggler

Margarete Kupfer

Margarete Kupfer

Carmen's Landlady

Heinrich Peer

Heinrich Peer

English Officer

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Prison Guard

Magnus Stifter

Magnus Stifter

Lieutnant Esteban

Victor Janson

Victor Janson

A

Albert Venohr

Crew

Norbert Falk

writer

Alfred Hansen

cinematographer

Hanns Kräly

writer

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