Tales of Hoffmann (1916)
50m
Running Time
February 26, 1916Release Date
Tales of Hoffmann (1916)
50m
Running Time
February 26, 1916Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Kurt Wolowsky
Der junger Hoffmann
Erich Kaiser-Titz
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Max Ruhbeck
Der Onkel
Werner Krauß
Conte Dapertutto
Friedrich Kühne
Coppelius, Brillenhändler
Paula Ronay
Die Tante
Lupu Pick
Spalanzani, Direktor eines Museums
Richard Oswald
Director
Details.
Release DateFebruary 26, 1916
Original NameHoffmanns Erzählungen
StatusReleased
Running Time50m
Genres
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Wiki.
Tales of Hoffmann (German: Hoffmanns Erzählungen) is a 1916 silent German drama film directed by Richard Oswald. An incomplete print is held in the collection of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation.