Carmen (Blu-ray)
Polish-born actress Pola Negri was already popular when she began appearing in German silents in the 1910s, but it was her collaborations with Ernst Lubitsch that transformed her into a silver screen goddess, a mesmerizing presence as formidable in comedies (The Wildcat) as in tragedies (Madame Dubarry). Released in the U.S. as Gypsy Blood, Carmen retells Prosper Merimée’s classic tale of a Romani woman who seduces a military officer and sends each of them on a trajectory of dramatic self-destruction. Restored in 4K by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Carmen features a lively score by Tobias Schwenke, performed by the orchestral ensemble Kontraste.
- Audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide
- Short documentary on the film's restoration (5 min.)
- Ernst Lubitsch - Director
- Pola Negri - Actor
- Harry Liedtke - Actor
- Leopold von Ledebur - Actor
- Grete Diercks - Actor
- Magnus Stifter - Actor
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