Tales of Hoffmann
Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Release: 1916-02-26
·Runtime: 71m
·★ 5.2
Fantasy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Lothar Stark-Film
Cast
Max Ruhbeck
as Onkel
Lupu Pick
as Spalanzani, Direktor eines Museums
Ferdinand Bonn
as Stadtrat Lindorf
Thea Sandten
as Giulietta
Friedrich Kühne
as Coppelius, Brillenhändler
Erich Kaiser-Titz
as E.T.A. Hoffmann
Ressel Orla
Richard Oswald
Werner Krauss
as Conte Dapertutto
Alice Hechy
as Olympia, Automat
