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.
Directing | Carl Froelich | Director |
Writing | Walter Reisch | Writer |
Writing | Walter Supper | Writer |
Camera | Fritz Arno Wagner | Director of Photography |
Camera | Reimar Kuntze | Director of Photography |
Sound | Hansom Milde-Meißner | Music |
Art | Franz Schroedter | Art Direction |
Production | Carl Froelich | Producer |
Sound | Erich Lange | Sound |
Sound | Joseph Massolle | Sound Supervisor |
Sound | Carlo Paganini | Sound |