Imperial Violets

IMDb link: 0045295
IMDb rating: 5.3 (126 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Director: Richard Pottier
Cast: Simone Valere, Carmen Sevilla, Luis Mariano, Marie Sabouret and others

Release date: 12 Dec 1952
Release year: 1952
Runtime: 94 minutes
Country: Spain, France
Keywords: waltz, empress, emperor, france, crossing oneself, ends with a wedding, palm reading, explosion, church, nun

Plot:

Violeta, an Andalusian gypsy, foretells a lady she will become empress. The lady is Eugenia de Montijo, and when she marries emperor Luis Napoleon 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. Musical color version of a story previously played by Raquel Meller.

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