Feyder's scenario very closely follows Don José's own account of his story and his fatal relation with the gypsy Carmen in the third chapter of Mérimée's short novel.
Raquel Meller
as Carmen
Fred Louis Lerch
as José Lizarrabengoa
Gaston Modot
as García 'El Tuerto'
Jean Murat
as Officier
Victor Vina
as Le Dancaire
Luis Buñuel
as Contrebandier chez lillas pastia