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.
Carl Froelich
Director
Walter Reisch
Writer
Walter Supper
Writer
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
Jarmila Novotná
Primadonna
Not Easily Broken63%
Life in a Year82%
Maria's Lovers60%
Gabriel's Inferno: Part III83%
Gabriel's Inferno83%
Time Is Up64%
The Magic of Ordinary Days73%
Gabriel's Redemption: Part I72%
Newness60%
See You Soon59%
Ashes in the Snow64%
Kitty Foyle65%
Fire with Fire62%
Wander Darkly60%
The Man from Elysian Fields58%
TalhotBlond63%
Bonnie und Bonnie72%
Ali and Nino64%
Racing with the Moon62%
Blind61%
