Fire in the Opera House (1930)
Overview
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
Julius Falkenstein
Löwenthal
Sophie Pagay
Jarmila Novotná
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London