Hoffmanns Erzählungen
Released: February 26, 1916Runtime: 71 minLanguage: DE
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.
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Kurt Wolowsky
as Der junger Hoffmann
Erich Kaiser Titz
as E. T. A. Hoffmann
Max Ruhbeck
as Der Onkel
Paula Ronay
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Werner Krauss
as Conte Dapertutto
Friedrich Kuhne
as Brillenhändler
Lupu Pick
as Direktor eines Museums
Ernst Ludwig
as Rath Crespel
Nelly Ridon
as Angela, seine Frau
Ruth Oswald
as Die kleine Antonia
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