Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Fire in the Opera House (1930)

Fire in the Opera House poster
Original title
Brand in der Oper
Directed by
Carl Froelich
Genre
disaster film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fire breaks out at an opera house during a performance. The characters must find a way to survive the disaster.

tensedramaticurgentsuspensefultheatricalstylizedclassicintense

What happens

Fire in the Opera House (German: Brand in der Oper) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Alexa Engström, Gustav Fröhlich and Gustaf Gründgens. A separate French-language version, La barcarolle d'amour, was also produced. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?