---
title: 'Imperial Violets (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Pottier'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/imperial-violets-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045295/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Imperial Violets (1952)

1952 · 94 min · Music · France, Spain

Original title: Violettes impériales

## Synopsis

Imperial Violets is a 1952 French-Spanish historical musical film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Carmen Sevilla and Simone Valère. It is an operetta film, based on the 1948 stage work of the same title. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios and Joinville Studios in Paris.The film's sets were designed by Léon Barsacq and the costumes by Marcel Escoffier and Jean Zay.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Pottier](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-pottier)
- **Screenplay:** [Henry Roussel](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-roussel), [Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-gilbert-sauvajon), [Jesús María Arozamena](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-maria-arozamena)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Francis Lopez](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-lopez)
- **Producer:** [Cesáreo González](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesareo-gonzalez)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christian Matras](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-matras)
- **Editor:** [Christian Gaudin](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-gaudin)

## Cast

- [Micheline Francey](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-francey)
- [Raymond Girard](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-girard)
- [Simone Valère](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-valere) as Eugénie de Montijo
- [Maria Riquelme](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-riquelme)
- [Louis Arbessier](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-arbessier) as Napoleon III
- [Camille Guérini](https://cinepixo.com/people/camille-guerini)
- [Raphaël Patorni](https://cinepixo.com/people/raphael-patorni)
- [Paul Faivre](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-faivre)
- [Gil Delamare](https://cinepixo.com/people/gil-delamare)
- [Luis Mariano](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-mariano)
- [Lucien Nat](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-nat)
- [Francisco Bernal](https://cinepixo.com/people/francisco-bernal)
- [Véra Norman](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-norman)
- [Rafael Arcos](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-arcos)
- [Félix Fernández](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-fernandez)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/imperial-violets-1952
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