| Cardillac | |
| Director: | Edgar Reitz |
| Producer: | Edgar Reitz |
| Screenplay: | Edgar Reitz |
| Based On: | Mademoiselle de Scuderi by E. T. A. Hoffmann |
| Cinematography: | Dietrich Lohmann |
| Studio: | Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
Cardillac is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz, starring Hans-Christian Blech and Catana Cayetano. It tells the story of a goldsmith who is so obsessed with his own craft that he murders his customers. The film is a modern adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi.
(Composer Paul Hindemith also used the novella as the basis of his 1926 opera Cardillac.)
The film premiered on 28 August 1969 at the 30th Venice International Film Festival. It was released in West Germany on 1 March 1970.[1]