Fire in the Opera House

1h 44m
DramaRomance
5

It begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In between a young ingénue cast in her first big role, the Hoffmann rehearsals, the theatre director and his stage director exchanging cynicisms, a budding love affair. Gründgens at his most repulsive, trying to woo both lovers. And a hair-raising finale. Add to this some snappy dialogue and "pre-code" scenes that make you sit up and stare.

Cast

Gustav Fröhlich
Richard Faber
Gustaf Gründgens
Otto van Lingen
Gertrud Arnold
Frau Konsul van Lingen
Marianne Fröhlich
Ilse van Lingen
Julius Falkenstein
Löwenthal
Sophie Pagay
Unknown
Jarmila Novotná
Primadonna

Crew

Carl Froelich
Director, Producer
Walter Reisch
Writer
Walter Supper
Writer
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography
Reimar Kuntze
Director of Photography
Joseph Massolle
Sound Supervisor
Erich Lange
Sound
Carlo Paganini
Sound
Hansom Milde-Meißner
Music
Franz Schroedter
Art Direction

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