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.
Costume
Empress Eugenie's wardrobe is the real star here
Acting
Carmen Sevilla's wide-eyed chaos energy carries every scene
Director
Richard Pottier
Luis Mariano
Juan de Ayala
Carmen Sevilla
Violetta
Simone Valère
Eugénie de Montijo
Louis Arbessier
Napoleón III
Rafael Arcos
Felipe (uncredited)
Félix Fernández
(uncredited)
Manuel Requena
(uncredited)
Marie Sabouret
Mme. de Pierrefeu
Colette Régis
Mme de Montijo
Micheline Francey
Clotilde
Véra Norman
Mirette
María Riquelme
Anaïs
Alfonso Rojas
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Franco-Spanish co-production weaponized Luis Mariano's Basque tenor heartthrob status across European markets.
Carmen Sevilla was only 21 here, already on her third film playing a gypsy—typecasting she later resented.
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