CarmenLoosely based on Bizet's opera and the story by Merimée, Lubitsch's second film with the libidinous Pola Negri, released as Gypsy Blood in America, is a lavish vehicle for the great silent star that is often regarded as the director's "first important film" (Georges Sadoul).
Released at the time of Germany's final defeat in WWI, this formative work points towards the director's preoccupation with sexuality and history in such important films as Madame Dubarry and Anna Boleyn.
Scripted by Hans Kräly.
