Main Cast: Gustav Fröhlich, Gustaf Gründgens, Gustaf Gründgens, Julius Falkenstein, Gertrud Arnold
Release Year: 1930
Country: DE
Run Time: 104 minutes
Plot
While attending an operatic performance, wealthy Otto van Lingen (Gustav Gruendgens) is smitten by beautiful chorus singer Floriane Bach (Alexa Engstroem). Van Lingen sends his secretary Richard Faber (played by director Carl Froelich) to arrange a romantic rendezvous between Van Lingen and Floriane, which leads to the girl's being cast in the female lead of Jacques Levy Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman. But instead of falling in love with her patron, Floriane goes ga-ga over Faber. Van Lingen is incensed, but all is forgiven when he and Floriane are rescued by Faber from an opera-house fire (hence the film's title, which translates as "Fire in the Opera"). Featured in the cast of Brand in Der Oper are several world-renowned opera luminaries, including the great Czech singer Jarmilla Novotna. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Julius Falkenstein - Cashier; Paul Rehkopf - Landgraf von Thueringen; Jarmila Novotna
Credit
Carl Froehlich - Director, Fritz Arno Wagner - Cinematographer, Reimar Kuntze - Cinematographer, Erich Lange - Sound/Sound Designer, Walter Reisch - Screenwriter, Walter Supper - Screenwriter, Georg Kaiser - Play Author
