The Deadly Dreams (German: Die tödlichen Träume) is a 1951 West German fantasy drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Forster, Will Quadflieg and Cornell Borchers. The film is based on several stories by the romantic era writer E. T. A. Hoffmann.Karl & Skopal p.122 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location around Bamberg in Bavaria. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast Rudolf Forster as Opitz / E.T.A. Hoffmann / Gefreiter Will Quadflieg as Winter / Barravas / Florestan Cornell Borchers as Angelika / Inez / Lisette / Maria Walter Franck as Alexis / Don d'Alvarez / Cardillac Harald Paulsen as Magier / Rodriguez / Olivier

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Bibliography Karl, Lars & Skopal, Pavel. Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945–1960. Berghahn Books, 2015.

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