''Fire in the Opera House'' (german: Brand in der Oper) is a 1930 German

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directed by

Carl Froelich Carl August Hugo Froelich (5 September 1875 – 12 February 1953) was a German film pioneer and film director. He was born and died in Berlin. Biography Apparatus builder and cameraman From 1903 Froelich was a colleague of Oskar Messter, one of ...

and starring

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Gustav Fröhlich Gustav Fröhlich (21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ...

and

Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg ...

.Goble p. 696 A separate French-language version ''La barcarolle d'amour'' was also produced. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Franz Schroedter Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212 Selected filmography * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * ''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * ''The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Queen of Whitechapel ...

Cast

as Floriane Bach *

as Richard Faber *

as Otto van Lingen *

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as Frau Konsul van Lingen * Marianne Fröhlich as Ilse van Lingen *

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as Der Theaterdirektor *

Julius Falkenstein Julius Falkenstein (25 February 1879 – 9 December 1933) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1914 and 1933. Falkenstein was Jewish, but secured a special permit to continue making ...

as Löwenthal, Kassierer * Arthur Kistenmacher as Der alte Korrepetitor *

Paul Mederow Paul Friedrich Wolfgang Mederow (30 June 1887 – 17 December 1974) was a German stage and film actor. Mederow was born in Stralsund, in the Prussian province of Pomerania and died at age 87 in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. Partial filmograph ...

as Munk, erster Kapellmeister * Aenne Goerling as Anna Riehl, Sängerin *

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as Berta Kranz, Choristin *

Hadrian Maria Netto Hadrian Maria Netto (1885–1947) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.228 He was also a playwright. Selected filmography * '' A Woman for 24 Hours'' (1925) * ''Destiny'' (1925) * '' The Armoured Vault'' (1926) * ''Love in the Cowshed'' (19 ...

Sophie Pagay Sophie Berg Pagay (22 April 1860 – 23 January 1937) was an Austrian stage and film actress, born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. She began acting as a child, and went to Berlin to perform on stage in 1887. She married actor Hans Pagay. Selected f ...

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Arthur Bergen Arthur Bergen (24 October 1875 – 1943) was an Austrian Jewish actor and film director. He was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.Mary Nolan, Ziegfeld Girl and Silent Movie Star: A Biography Including Her 1941 Memoi ...

Marcel Merminod Marcel Merminod (16 April 1893 – 31 May 1979) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 21 films between 1930 and 1970. He starred in the 1970 film '' Black Out'', which was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected ...

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Willy Kaiser-Heyl Willy Kaiser-Heyl (4 August 1876 – 2 December 1953) was a German film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1919 and 1952. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany and died in Berlin. Selected filmography * ''The Tragedy of a Great'' (1920) * ...

Jarmila Novotná Jarmila Novotná (September 23, 1907, in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to abou ...

as Die Primadonna * Irmgard Groß as Nikolaus * Hendrik Appels as Titelpartie in 'Tannhäuser' *

Paul Rehkopf Paul Anton Heinrich Rehkopf (21 May 1872 – 29 June 1949) was a German actor. He was born in Braunschweig and died in Braunschweig, Germany Selected filmography * '' Diary of a Lost Woman'' (1918) * '' Film Kathi'' (1918) * '' Lorenzo Burghardt ...

as Landgraf in 'Tannhäuser' * Gerhard Vöge as Wolfram von Eschenbach in 'Tannhäuser' * Werner Engels as Biterolf in 'Tannhäuser' * Chor der Staatsoper Berlin as Chor

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* 1930 films 1930 drama films Films of the Weimar Republic German drama films German disaster films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Froelich Films about opera German multilingual films German black-and-white films 1930 multilingual films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1930s German films Films scored by Hanson Milde-Meissner {{1930s-Germany-film-stub