Fire in the Opera House

Name: Fire in the Opera House
Director: Carl Froelich
Released: 1930
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Alexa Engström, Gustav Fröhlich, Gustaf Gründgens, Gertrud Arnold, Marianne Fröhlich

1930 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 34 VOTES · DIR. Carl Froelich

Overview

It begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In between a young ingénue cast in her first big role, the Hoffmann rehearsals, the theatre director and his stage director exchanging cynicisms, a budding love affair. Gründgens at his most repulsive, trying to woo both lovers. And a hair-raising finale. Add to this some snappy dialogue and "pre-code" scenes that make you sit up and stare.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,099 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 Fire in the Opera

00:05:26 Herr Faber!

00:07:33 that is, we would like to make a little proposal.

00:11:13 # O heaven, let me now implore thee, grant my song divine approval!

00:14:18 that the obligatory syndification should to be enforced at once

00:16:31 # ... the Lord to whom I raise my song.

00:19:49 But please, sit down.

00:21:50 Stop it!

00:25:39 because I had a feeling ...

00:28:03 But you just said Sonnenstr. no. 5.

00:30:29 Thank you.

00:33:33 Ladies and gentlemen, I've decided to give a part to Miss Bach.

00:35:34 Most importantly, sing well, don't be nervous, it'll all go well.

00:40:18 You have an exceptional talent for courtesans.

00:42:26 Good day, Ilse, my child what's the... pardon, come here, sit down

00:45:06 but I still owe you a dinner because of last night.

00:49:13 Miss Ilse!

00:52:33 then you turn into something like that.

00:57:10 Well? How did I sing?

00:59:23 You should have seen me standing before him today.

01:03:47 Wonderful.

01:06:44 Now we'll do the Mirakel scene from the third act.

01:13:38 The right spotlight flickered, the left one didn't look good either.

01:20:40 Floriane! What is it?

Cast & Characters

Alexa Engström Floriane Bach Gustav Fröhlich Richard Faber Gustaf Gründgens Otto van Lingen Gertrud Arnold Frau Konsul van Lingen Marianne Fröhlich Ilse van Lingen Hans Peppler Der Theaterdirektor Julius Falkenstein Löwenthal, Kassierer Arthur Kistenmacher Der alte Korrepetitor Paul Mederow Munk, erster Kapellmeister Aenne Goerling Anna Riehl, Sängerin

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,099

Dialogue density10.6 lines / min

First line00:00:02

Final line01:20:40

Production Record

DirectorCarl Froelich

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes34