The Black Crown (film)

The Black Crown
María Félix in the film
Directed byLuis Saslavsky
Screenplay byJean Cocteau
Charles de Peyret-Chappuis
Luis Saslavsky
Based onLa Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée
Produced byCesáreo González
StarringMaría Félix
Rossano Brazzi
Vittorio Gassman
CinematographyAntonio L. Ballesteros
Valentín Javier
Edited byJosé Antonio Rojo
Music byJuan Quintero
Production
company
Distributed bySuevia Films
Release date
  • 23 May 1951 (1951-05-23)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesFrance
Spain
LanguagesFrench
Spanish

The Black Crown (French: La Couronne noire, Spanish: La corona negra) is a 1951 French-Spanish film noir directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring María Félix, Rossano Brazzi and Vittorio Gassman.[1] It is based on the story La Vénus d'Ille by Prosper Mérimée.[2]

  1. ^ Tomkins & Foster p.97
  2. ^ "La Couronne noire". cinematheque.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-06-06.