A Girl Against Napoleon

A Girl Against Napoleon or The Devil Made a Woman, also known under its Spanish title Carmen, la de Ronda, is a 1959 Spanish historical adventure film directed by Tulio Demicheli and starring Sara Montiel, Jorge Mistral and Maurice Ronet.[1] It is loosely based on the story of Prosper Mérimée's Carmen, with the setting changed to the Peninsular War era. Carmen is involved with the guerrillas fighting against the French occupation.

  • A Girl Against Napoleon
  • The Devil Made a Woman
SpanishCarmen, la de Ronda
Directed byTulio Demicheli
Produced byBenito Perojo
Screenplay by
  • Antonio Mas Guindal
  • Tulio Demicheli
  • Jesús María de Arozamena
Story byAlfonso Sastre
Based onCarmen by Prosper Mérimée
Starring
Music byGregorio García Segura
CinematographyAntonio L. Ballesteros
Edited byAntonio Ramírez de Loaysa
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Producciones Benito Perojo
Distributed bySuevia Films
Release date
21 September 1959
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

The film's sets were designed by the art director Enrique Alarcón and built at CEA Studios in Madrid.

Cast

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References

  1. Bentley p.141

Bibliography

  • Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.


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