Carmen [1913]
A fragment of a 1913 Italian-Spanish production of the story of Carmen, minus the ending, and partly in poor condition, thus probably only of interest to Carmen enthusiasts.
Although an opening title declares the film to be: “The famous work of PROSPER MÉRIMÉE faithfully brought to the screen from the book”, like Carmen herself the film's faithfulness is questionable. It actually closely follows the opera's adaptation, even quoting lyrics of the musical numbers. There is one important exception: the opera portrayed José as an upright soldier dragged to disgrace and dishonor by the charms of Carmen. This film retains the backstory of José given in the book: he joined the military as a lamster from a bloody quarrel (possibly deadly - victim's fate is not revealed). So José used a military uniform to cover a roguish past, and his acts of violent rage began long before he met Carmen. That alone might make this film fragment notable to Carmen enthusiasts.
Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carmen_(1913).webm, “Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography”
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