Nights in Andalusia (German: Andalusische Nächte) is a 1938 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Imperio Argentina, Friedrich Benfer and Karl Klüsner.[1] [2] 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 film and the parallel Spanish version were an influence on the 1998 Spanish film The Girl of Your Dreams.

Nights in Andalusia
Directed byHerbert Maisch
Written byFlorián Rey
Philipp Lothar Mayring
Fred Andreas
Based onCarmen by Prosper Mérimée
Produced byArtur Kiekebusch-Brenken
Friedrich Pflughaupt
StarringImperio Argentina
Friedrich Benfer
Karl Klüsner
CinematographyReimar Kuntze
Edited byAnna Höllering
Music byJuan Mostaza-Murales
José Muñoz Molleda
Production
companies
Carl Froelich-Film
Hispano Filmproduktion
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 5 July 1938 (1938-07-05)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Cast

edit

Reception

edit

Adolf Hitler praised the acting in the film, but stated that the film was bad.[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Niven p.283
  3. ^ Niven 2018, p. 14.

Works cited

edit
  • Niven, Bill (2018). Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300200362.

Bibliography

edit
  • Niven, Bill, Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press, 2018.
edit