Fidelio
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Walter Felsenstein
Director
Richard Holm
Florestan
Claude Nollier
Leonore [Fidelio]
Erwin Gross
Don Fernando
Hannes Schiel
Don Pizarro
George Wieter
Rocco
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1961
Premiere Information
New York opening: 12 May 1961
Production Company
Akkord Film
Distribution Company
Brandon Films
Country
Austria
Screenplay Information
Based on the opera Fidelio , music by Ludwig van Beethoven, libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and George Treitschke (Vienna, 20 Nov 1805), which was based on the play Léonore ou l'amour conjugal by Jean Nicolas Bouilly (Paris, 1798).
Synopsis
A film adaptation of Beethoven's opera.
Director
Walter Felsenstein
Director
Cast
Richard Holm
Florestan
Claude Nollier
Leonore [Fidelio]
Erwin Gross
Don Fernando
Hannes Schiel
Don Pizarro
George Wieter
Rocco
Sonja Schöner
Marcellina
Fritz Berger
Jaquino
Michael Tellering
1st prisoner
Harry Payer
2d prisoner
Crew
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music
Erich Bertel
Music Director
Hanns Eisler
Music adaptation
Hanns Eisler
Libretto
Kurt Equiluz
Singing voice of Michael Tellering
Walter Felsenstein
Screenwriter
Hannes Fuchs
Director of Photography
Rochus Gliese
Settings & Designer
Nicolas Hayer
Director of Photography
Wolfgang Hebenstreit
Spoken voice of George Wieter
Leo Heppe
Singing voice of Harry Payer
Magda Laszlo
Singing voice of Claude Nollier
Fritz Lehmann
Conductor
Hermann Luddekke
Choral Director
Viktor Meihsl
Director of Photography
Leo Metzenbauer
Settings & Designer
Alfred Pöll
Singing voice of Erwin Gross
Heinz Rehfuss
Singing voice of Hannes Schiel
Richard Rossmayer
Choral Director
Walter Tuch
Director of Photography
J. A. Vesely
Production Manager
Herman G. Weinberg
English subtitles
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1961
Premiere Information
New York opening: 12 May 1961
Production Company
Akkord Film
Distribution Company
Brandon Films
Country
Austria
Screenplay Information
Based on the opera Fidelio , music by Ludwig van Beethoven, libretto by Josef Sonnleithner and George Treitschke (Vienna, 20 Nov 1805), which was based on the play Léonore ou l'amour conjugal by Jean Nicolas Bouilly (Paris, 1798).
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Filmed in Vienna in 1955.
