Carmen (1918 film)

Carmen
Carmen
Directed by	Ernst Lubitsch
Written by	Prosper Mérimée (novel); Grete Diercks; Norbert Falk; Hanns Kräly; Myron M. Stearns (English version);
Produced by	Paul Davidson
Starring	Pola Negri; Harry Liedtke; Leopold von Ledebur; Wilhelm Diegelmann;
Cinematography	Alfred Hansen
Production; companies	PAGU; UFA;
Distributed by	UFA (Germany); First National Pictures (US);
Release date	17 December 1918;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent; German intertitles;

Carmen is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, and Leopold von Ledebur. It was based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. Like Bizet's opera Carmen, this film only adapts the third part of Mérimée's novella and transforms the character of Don José at the beginning of the story from bandit on the run to honest man in love with his childhood sweetheart. The film was released with English intertitles in the United States in 1921 under the alternative title Gypsy Blood.

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