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| Spanish | La Violetera |
| Italian | La bella fioraia di Madrid |
| Directed by | Luis César Amadori |
| Screenplay by | Jesús María de Arozamena |
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| Cinematography | Antonio L. Ballesteros |
| Edited by | Antonio Ramírez de Loaysa |
| Music by | Juan Quintero |
| Color process | Eastmancolor |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
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| Language | Spanish |
The Violet Seller, better known under its Spanish title La Violetera, is a 1958 Spanish–Italian historical jukebox musical film produced by Benito Perojo, directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Sara Montiel, Raf Vallone, Frank Villard, Tomás Blanco and Ana Mariscal.[1]
The film was inspired by the song "La Violetera" composed by José Padilla in 1914, with lyrics by Eduardo Montesinos, that is incarnated in the film by Montiel as Soledad, a street violets seller who, after meeting and breaking with Fernando, the love of her life, becomes a famous singer who sings the song in her concerts.[2]
The Violet Seller received excellent reviews upon its release on 6 April 1958, although some reviewers found the plot too trite and conventional. Montiel's performance was widely praised while the production and the remaining main cast received generally positive reviews. It was immensely popular in Spain and it had a wide international release making it the worldwide highest-grossing Spanish-language film made up to that point.
The film's soundtrack album garnered also excellent reviews, had a wide international release and received a Golden Disk award for the number of records sold.
- ^ Mira, Alberto (2010). Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 239. ISBN 9780810859579.
- ^ ""La violetera", in "Historia de nuestro cine"". Diez Minutos (in Spanish). 11 June 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.