Fire in the Opera House (1930)
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.
Director: Carl Froelich
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Gustav Fröhlich as Richard Faber |
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Gustaf Gründgens as Otto van Lingen |
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Gertrud Arnold as Frau Konsul van Lingen |
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Marianne Fröhlich as Ilse van Lingen |
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Julius Falkenstein as Löwenthal |
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Sophie Pagay as |
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Jarmila Novotná as Primadonna |
| Art | Franz Schroedter | Art Direction |
| Production | Carl Froelich | Producer |
| Sound | Erich Lange | Sound |
| Sound | Joseph Massolle | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Carlo Paganini | Sound |
| Directing | Carl Froelich | Director |
| Writing | Walter Reisch | Writer |
| Writing | Walter Supper | Writer |
| Camera | Fritz Arno Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Reimar Kuntze | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hansom Milde-Meißner | Music |
