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.
as junger Hoffmann
as Onkel
as Tante
as Conte Dapertutto
as Coppelius, Brillenhändler
as Spalanzani, Direktor eines Museums
as Rat Crespel
as Frau Rat Crespel
as kleine Antonia
as Dr. Mirakel
as E.T.A. Hoffmann
as Stadtrat Lindorf
as Schauspielerin
as Olympia, Automat
as Giulietta
as Schlemihl
