Fire in the Opera House

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

M

Marianne Fröhlich

Ilse van Lingen

Julius Falkenstein

Löwenthal

Sophie Pagay

Jarmila Novotná

Primadonna