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

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Carl Froelich and starring

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, Gustav Fröhlich 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 Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

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. The film's sets were designed by

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 Whitechap ...

Cast

as Floriane Bach * Gustav Fröhlich as Richard Faber *

as Otto van Lingen * Gertrud Arnold 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 filmogra ...

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'' (1 ...

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. Selecte ...

* Erich Kober * Bruno Hoenscherle * Art Winkler * Arthur Bergen * Marcel Merminod *

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* Adolf Schroeder *

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, Austria-Hungary – February 9, 1994, in New York City) was a celebrated Bohemian soprano and actress and, from 1940 to 1956, a star of the Metropolitan Opera. Early career A student of Emmy De ...

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 {{1930s-Germany-film-stub