Tales of Hoffmann (film) explained

Tales of Hoffmann
Native Name:
Director:	Richard Oswald
Starring:	Kurt Wolowsky
Cinematography:	Ernst Krohn
Country:	Germany
Language:	Silent with German intertitles

Tales of Hoffmann (de|'''Hoffmanns Erzählungen'''|links=no) is a 1916 silent German drama film directed by Richard Oswald. An incomplete print is held in the collection of the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation.^[1]

Cast

• as young Hoffmann
• Max Ruhbeck as Uncle
• Paula Ronay as Aunt
• Werner Krauss as Conte Dapertutto
• Friedrich Kühne as Coppelius, eyeglass merchant
• Lupu Pick as Spalanzani, Museum Director
• as Councillor Crespel
• as Mrs Crespel
• Ruth Oswald^[2] as little Antonia
• as Dr. Mirakel
• Erich Kaiser-Titz as E. T. A. Hoffmann
• Ferdinand Bonn as Municipal Councillor Lindorf
• as Actress
• Alice Hechy as Olympia, Automaton (as Alice Scheel-Hechy)
• as Giulietta
• as Schlemihl
• Ressel Orla

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Tales of Hoffmann. 13 September 2009. Silent Era.
2. Richard Oswald's three-year-old daughter