Fire in the Opera House

Fire in the Opera House — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 13, 1930
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Carl Froelich

Fire in the Opera House — Cast

Gustav Fröhlich Richard Faber Gustaf Gründgens Otto van Lingen Gertrud Arnold Frau Konsul van Lingen

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Marianne Fröhlich Ilse van Lingen Julius Falkenstein Löwenthal Sophie Pagay Jarmila Novotná Primadonna