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Die tödlichen Träume (1951)

Die tödlichen Träume poster
Directed by
Paul Martin
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
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How it feels

A fantasy drama based on stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. It follows characters caught in strange and unsettling dream sequences.

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What happens

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. It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location around Bamberg in Bavaria. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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