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A wealthy man is found bludgeoned to death near a railway. The question is, who killed him and why?
A silent German film directed by Austrian director Emmerich Hanus with Martha Novelly and Kurt Vespermann in the leads.
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.
An adaptation of the eponymous novella by Jeremias Gotthelf.
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
A dancer obtains the pardon of a conspirator.
A sculptor obsessed with a pianist will stop at nothing to rid himself of any competition for her affections.
