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The Beautiful Otero (French: La belle Otero, Italian: La bella Otero) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Richard Pottier and starring María Félix, Jacques Berthier and Louis Seigner.[1] It is based on the story of the nineteenth century Spanish dancer and courtesan Caroline Otéro.

The Beautiful Otero
Directed by	Richard Pottier
Written by	Carolina Otero (memories) Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon Jacques Sigurd
Produced by	Emile Natan Joseph Spigler
Starring	María Félix Jacques Berthier Louis Seigner
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Edited by	André Gaudier
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production companies	Les Films Modernes Industrie Cinematografiche Sociali Cine Produzione Astoria CIRAC
Distributed by	Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (France)
Release date	5 November 1954
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Gys. Filming took place at the Joinville Studios and Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. It was shot in Eastmancolor.

Cast

• María Félix as Caroline Otéro
• Jacques Berthier as Jean Chastaing
• Louis Seigner as L'imprésario Robert Martel
• Marie Sabouret as Diane de Nemours
• Paolo Stoppa as Frédéric
• Jean-Marc Tennberg as Morillon
• Maurice Teynac as Mountfeller
• Jean Pâqui as D'Herbecourt
• Micheline Gary as Eglantine
• Nerio Bernardi as Le grand-duc
• José Torres as Pablo
• Alain Bouvette as Un spectateur au Kursaal
• Gisèle Grandpré as La présentatrice
• Jacqueline Marbaux as Lucie

References

Bibliography

• Tom Brown & Belén Vidal. The Biopic in Contemporary Film Culture. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• The Beautiful Otero at IMDb

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