Release Date

26 Feb, 1916

Runtime

01:11: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Hoffmanns Erzählungen

Photos

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Actors

Kurt Wolowsky

Max Ruhbeck

Paula Ronay

Werner Krauß

Friedrich Kühne

Lupu Pick

Ernst Ludwig

Nelly Ridon

Ruth Oswald

Andreas Van Horn

Erich Kaiser-Titz

Ferdinand Bonn

Käte Oswald

Alice Hechy

Thea Sandten

Louis Neher

Ressel Orla

Richard Oswald

Crew

Richard Oswald

Richard Oswald

Fritz Friedmann-Frederich

E. T. A. Hoffmann