Raquel Meller

During a stay in Seville, Empress Eugénie was charmed by the song of Violetta, a flower girl of gypsy origin. She invites her to Paris where she becomes a prima donna.

A trapeze artist suffers the curse that causes her kisses to be deadly.

In Spain, a girl awaits the return of her lover, an officer in the army.

Versión del mito de Carmen, rodada en España, alejada de pintoresquismos, seca y trágica. “No me han pedido hacer una película sobre Carmen con Raquel Meller, sino hacer con Raquel Meller algo sobre Carmen” (Jacques Feyder).

In a small east-european ghetto, the Jewish family is celebrating Easter. The fraternal dissonance between the Sigoulim brothers pretty accurately mirrors the strife between the two powers, one surrounding Samuel, a devoted rabbi, and the other around Moïse, a talented money lender. Moïse becomes the king of petrol and ships to London with his niece Lia. Conflict continues and leads to the violent strike by oilworkers...

Concepcion de la Playa Setta, an Andalusian noblewoman, the daughter of the provost marshall of Flanders, is in love with the Duke Philippe de Hornes. He is a Brussels gentleman in revolt against her people, the Spanish occupiers. When her rebellious lover is hurt during an uprising against the troops of Philip II, Concepcion takes him in in her house. And she personally defends him when, at his trial. Condemned to be hanged through the intervention of the Duke of Alba, de Hornes is eventually reprieved by the new governor and set free. The two lovers meet again and can live happily from now on.

This historical melodrama (later remade by Henry Roussel himself in 1932 and Richard Pottier in 1952) set during the reign of Napoleon III of France. Here, Raquel Meller plays a Spanish flower girl who saves the life of the French empress Eugenie de Montijo (played by Suzanne Blanchetti), by taking her place in her carriage. When the carriage is overthrown by the anarchist's bomb, the girl survives because of the masses of violets in the imperial carriage, the empress' favorite flowers.

Based on Meller's first screen appearance, "Los Arlequines de Seda y Oro", where two brothers are separated and reunited as adults, he a famed torero (bullfighter) she a singer raised by gypsies. This is a reduced version centered on her character.

Versión reducida de la película Los arlequines de seda y oro, primera aparición de Raquel Meller en la pantalla. La historia original era el relato romántico y épico de dos hermanos separados desde la infancia y que se encuentran cuando él es un famoso torero y ella una cantante gitana. Debido al éxito internacional de la cantante, se creó esta versión más centrada en su personaje.