Imperial Violets (1952 film)

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Imperial Violets
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Directed by Richard Pottier
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Music by Francis Lopez
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Release date
12 December 1952
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Spain
LanguageFrench

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. [1] 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.

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It was second most popular film released in France in 1952, attracting an audience of more than eight million. [2]

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References

  1. Hayward p.31
  2. Hayward p.463

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