Fidelio
Cast & Crew
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Joachim Hess
Director
Hans Sotin
Don Fernando
Theo Adam
Don Pizarro
Richard Cassilly
Florestan
Anja Silja
Leonore [Fidelio]
Ernst Wiemann
Rocco
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jan
1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 16 Jul 1970
Production Company
Polyphon Film & TV Productions
Distribution Company
Polytel International
Country
Germany (West)
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 Lénore, ou l'amour conjugal by Jean Nicolas Bouilly (Paris, 1798).
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 7m
Synopsis
A film adaptation of Beethoven's opera.
Director
Joachim Hess
Director
Cast
Hans Sotin
Don Fernando
Theo Adam
Don Pizarro
Richard Cassilly
Florestan
Anja Silja
Leonore [Fidelio]
Ernst Wiemann
Rocco
Lucia Popp
Marcellina
Erwin Wohlfahrt
Jaquino
Kurt Marschner
William Workman
Prisoners
Crew
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music: "fidelio"
Hamburg State Orchestra
Music played by
Rolf Liebermann
Producer
Leopold Ludwig
Music Conductor
Ita Maximovna
Dec
Wilhelm Reinking
Art Director
Guenther Rennert
Original staging
Rudolf Sander
Prod Supervisor
Hannes Schindler
Director of Photography
Gunther Schmidt Bohlander
Choirmaster
Joseph Sonnleithner
Screenwriter
Gyula Trebitsch
Executive Producer
Georg Friedrich Treitschke
Libretto
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jan
1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 16 Jul 1970
Production Company
Polyphon Film & TV Productions
Distribution Company
Polytel International
Country
Germany (West)
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 Lénore, ou l'amour conjugal by Jean Nicolas Bouilly (Paris, 1798).
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 7m
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Produced for West German television in 1968.
Miscellaneous Notes
c Eastmancolor
11430 feet
rtg BBFC U
