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
Screenplay by
  • Antonio Mas Guindal
  • Tulio Demicheli
  • Jesús María de Arozamena
Story byAlfonso Sastre
Based onCarmen
by Prosper Mérimée
Produced byBenito Perojo
Starring
CinematographyAntonio L. Ballesteros
Edited byAntonio Ramírez de Loaysa
Music byGregorio García Segura
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Producciones Benito Perojo
Distributed bySuevia Films
Release date
  • 21 September 1959 (1959-09-21)
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.

Plot

The year is 1808. A year passed since the beginning of the Peninsular War and singer Carmen is in love with two men at the same time. The men are: a guerrilla named Antonio and the French sergeant José, who, during the war, end up on the opposite sides and therefore are sworn enemies to each other.

Cast

References
  1. Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 141. ISBN 1855661764.


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