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

Marianne Fröhlich

Ilse van Lingen

Julius Falkenstein

Löwenthal

Sophie Pagay

Jarmila Novotná

Primadonna