CARMEN JONES

Year: 1954
UK: BFI (UK Wide)
Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Olga James, Pearl Baile, Joe Adams, Nick Stewart, Roy Glenn, Diahann Carroll, Broc Peters, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Sandy Lewis, Le Vern Hutcherson, Marvin Hayes, Marilynn Horne
Director: Otto Preminger
Country: USA
UK: 103 mins
UK Certificate: U contains mild violence
UK Release Date: 9 February 2007 (Limited Re-release - London, ICA and key cities)
UK Distributor

Synopsis

A contemporary take on the Bizet opera, set in a military camp where Carmen Jones (Dorothy Dandridge) courts trouble and desire by falling for Joe (Harry Belafonte), a pilot heading for the Korean War. A thrilling and colourful restoration with a book by musical legend Oscar Hammerstein.