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Tales of Hoffmann

5.2 71 mins Fantasy   Drama   1916
Lothar Stark-Film  
Director(s): Richard Oswald

This movie, directed by Richard Oswald, is based on the operetta "Les contes de Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), which is a genial musical potpourri from various short stories and novels by the Prussian writer, composer, painter, lawyer and judge E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822). While Hoffmann's literary work was longtime considered to be merely fantastical, it was finally researched, in the last years, according to its metaphysical background. Characteristic for Hoffmann's work is his life-long fight against rationalism and for the revelation of nature morte, culminating mostly in carnival-like scenes anticipating literary techniques only described in the works of Bachtin and Bachelard.

Casts of Tales of Hoffmann

Kurt Wolowsky

as junger Hoffmann

Max Ruhbeck

as Onkel

Paula Ronay

as Tante

Werner Krauss

as Conte Dapertutto

Friedrich Kühne

as Coppelius, Brillenhändler

Lupu Pick

as Spalanzani, Direktor eines Museums

Ernst Ludwig

as Rat Crespel

Nelly Ridon

as Frau Rat Crespel

Ruth Oswald

as kleine Antonia

Andreas Van Horn

as Dr. Mirakel

Erich Kaiser-Titz

as E.T.A. Hoffmann

Ferdinand Bonn

as Stadtrat Lindorf

Käte Oswald

as Schauspielerin

Alice Hechy

as Olympia, Automat

Thea Sandten

as Giulietta

Louis Neher

as Schlemihl

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