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Fire in the Opera House

Film

Fire in the Opera House

5.0

1h 44m

1930

Synopsis

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

DramaRomance

Cast & Crew

Gustav Fröhlich

Gustav Fröhlich

as Richard Faber

Gustaf Gründgens

Gustaf Gründgens

as Otto van Lingen

Gertrud Arnold

Gertrud Arnold

as Frau Konsul van Lingen

Marianne Fröhlich

as Ilse van Lingen

Julius Falkenstein

Julius Falkenstein

as Löwenthal

Sophie Pagay

Sophie Pagay

Jarmila Novotná

Jarmila Novotná

as Primadonna

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