The Deadly Dreams

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]

The Deadly Dreams
Directed byPaul Martin
Written byGustav Kampendonk
Produced by
  • Werner Fischer
  • Georg Mohr
StarringRudolf Forster
Will Quadflieg
Cornell Borchers
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Edited byRosemarie Weinert
Music byHans-Otto Borgmann
Production
company
Pontus Film
Distributed byNational Film
Release date
  • 10 January 1951 (1951-01-10)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Cast

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.
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