The Deadly Dreams

The Deadly Dreams
Directed by	Paul Martin
Written by	Gustav Kampendonk
Produced by	Werner Fischer Georg Mohr
Starring	Rudolf Forster Will Quadflieg Cornell Borchers
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Edited by	Rosemarie Weinert
Music by	Hans-Otto Borgmann
Production company	Pontus Film
Distributed by	National Film
Release date	10 January 1951 (1951-01-10)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Deadly Dreams (German: Die tödlichen Träume) is a 1951 West German fantasy drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Forster, Will Quadflieg and Cornell Borchers. The film is based on several stories by the romantic era writer E. T. A. Hoffmann.^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location around Bamberg in Bavaria. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

Cast

• Rudolf Forster as Opitz / E.T.A. Hoffmann / Gefreiter
• Will Quadflieg as Winter / Barravas / Florestan
• Cornell Borchers as Angelika / Inez / Lisette / Maria
• Walter Franck as Alexis / Don d'Alvarez / Cardillac
• Harald Paulsen as Magier / Rodriguez / Olivier

References

1. Ringel, Stefan (1995). "E. T. A. Hoffmanns Werke im Film". E. T. A. Hoffmann Jahrbuch (in German). 41 (3): 88.
2. Karl & Skopal p.122
3. "Festival de Cannes: Die tödlichen Träume". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2009.

Bibliography

• Karl, Lars & Skopal, Pavel. Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945–1960. Berghahn Books, 2015.

External links

• The Deadly Dreams at IMDb