Nights in Andalusia

Nights in Andalusia (German: Andalusische Nächte) is a 1938 German musical film directed by Herbert Maisch and starring Imperio Argentina, Friedrich Benfer and Karl Klüsner.^[1][2] It is based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, itself based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. A Spanish-language version Carmen, la de Triana was made at the same time. The film and the parallel Spanish version were an influence on the 1998 Spanish film The Girl of Your Dreams.

Nights in Andalusia
Directed by	Herbert Maisch
Written by	Florián Rey Philipp Lothar Mayring Fred Andreas
Based on	Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
Produced by	Artur Kiekebusch-Brenken Friedrich Pflughaupt
Starring	Imperio Argentina Friedrich Benfer Karl Klüsner
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze
Edited by	Anna Höllering
Music by	Juan Mostaza-Murales José Muñoz Molleda
Production companies	Carl Froelich-Film Hispano Filmproduktion
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	5 July 1938 (1938-07-05)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Imperio Argentina as Carmen, a Gypsy girl
• Friedrich Benfer as Don José
• Karl Klüsner as Antonio Vargas Heredia
• Erwin Biegel as Salvadore
• Edwin Juergenssen as Major
• Siegfried Schürenberg as Rittmeister Moraleda
• Hans Adalbert Schlettow as Sergeant Garcia
• Kurt Seifert as Juan
• Hans Hessling as Triqui
• Albert Venohr as Ein Schmuggler
• Ernst Legal as Wirt in Sevilla
• Margit Symo as Eine Tänzerin
• Maria Koppenhöfer as Eine Wahrsagerin
• Friedrich Ettel as Wirt einer Herberge
• Milena von Eckhardt as Kellnerin

Reception

Adolf Hitler praised the acting in the film, but stated that the film was bad.^[3]