The Barber of Seville (1948)
- Original title
- Le barbier de Séville
- Directed by
- Jean Loubignac
- Genre
- musical film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An opera film adaptation of the classic Rossini opera. A clever barber helps a count win the love of a young woman from her older guardian.
lightheartedplayfulcheerfuloperaticromanticclassicwhimsicalmelodic
What happens
The Barber of Seville (French: Le Barbier de Séville) is a 1948 French musical film directed by Jean Loubignac It is a screen version of the 1816 opera by Rossini based on the 1775 play by Beaumarchais (in the translation by Castil-Blaze). Filmed at the Billancourt Studios in Paris it uses the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique production of the time. It was filmed in 1947, released in May 1948, and lasts around 95 minutes. The film's sets were designed by the art director Louis Le Barbenchon. The opera had been seen at all the principal lyric theatres in Paris; at the Salle Favart it had been performed over 500 times by the time of the film, which features several popular singers from the company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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