Analysis strictly based on provided production metadata due to the complete absence of narrative plot text in the reference.
Story Breakdown
Studio Production — Filmed at Saint-Maurice Studios and Joinville Studios in Paris.
Location Setup — Primary filming took place at Saint-Maurice Studios.
Secondary Location — Additional filming conducted at Joinville Studios.
Creative Team — Key personnel responsible for direction, acting, and design.
Director and Cast — Directed by Richard Pottier, starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla, Simone Valère.
Design Crew — Sets designed by Léon Barsacq; costumes by Marcel Escoffier and Jean Zay.
Source Adaptation — Transposition of theatrical material into a cinematic operetta format.
Original Stage Work — Based on the 1948 stage operetta of the same title.
Genre Classification — Categorized as a historical musical and operetta film.
Market Performance — Commercial reception and audience metrics in post-war France.
Box Office Ranking — Ranked as the second most popular film released in France in 1952.
Audience Statistics — Attracted an audience of more than eight million viewers.
Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis Napoleón of France she takes the young girl with her. The empress'cousin readily makes her his focus of attention, then she discovers a criminal attempt against the empress.
