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Prosper Mérimée: books in order and screen adaptations
Quick answer
Prosper Mérimée has 3 books adapted into 15 TV shows and movies.
About Prosper Mérimée's books on screen
Prosper Mérimée has 3 works on record that have been adapted for the screen, published from 1829 to 1869. Together they have become 15 movies. The first adaptation was Burlesque on Carmen (1915), and the most recent released one is Carmen (2022). The most adapted is Carmen, with 12 screen versions.
Prosper Mérimée books with adaptations, in publication order
- Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (1829) · adapted as The Golden Coach (1952)
- Carmen (1847) · adapted as Carmen Jones (1954), Burlesque on Carmen (1915), Carmen (1983), Carmen (1984) and 8 more
- Lokis (1869) · adapted as La bête (1975), The Marriage of the Bear (1925)
TV shows and movies based on Prosper Mérimée's books
- Carmen (movie, 2022)
- U-Carmen eKhayelitsha (movie, 2005)
- Carmen (movie, 2003)
- Carmen: A Hip Hopera (movie, 2001)
- Carmen (movie, 1984)
- Carmen (movie, 1983)
- La bête (movie, 1975)
- Carmen Jones (movie, 1954)
- The Golden Coach (movie, 1952)
- The Loves of Carmen (movie, 1948)
- The Marriage of the Bear (movie, 1925)
- Carmen (movie, 1918)
- Burlesque on Carmen (movie, 1915)
- Carmen (movie, 1915)
- Carmen (movie, 1915)
Common questions
How many Prosper Mérimée books have been made into movies or TV shows?
3 books have been adapted into 15 TV shows and movies.
What was the first Prosper Mérimée adaptation?
Burlesque on Carmen, released in 1915, a movie based on Carmen.
Is a new Prosper Mérimée adaptation coming?
No new adaptation date is on record yet; the latest released one is Carmen.
Which Prosper Mérimée book has the most adaptations?
Carmen, with 12 TV and movie versions.