Cardillac (film)

Cardillac
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdgar Reitz
Screenplay byEdgar Reitz
Based onMademoiselle de Scuderi by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Produced byEdgar Reitz
CinematographyDietrich Lohmann
Edited by
  • Maximiliane Mainka
  • Hannelore von Sternberg
Production
company
Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion
Release dates
  • 28 August 1969 (1969-08-28) (Venice)
  • 1 March 1970 (1970-03-01)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Cardillac is a 1969 West German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz, starring Hans-Christian Blech and Catana Cayetano. It tells the story of a goldsmith who is so obsessed with his own craft that he murders his customers. The film is a modern adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's novella Mademoiselle de Scuderi.[1]

(Composer Paul Hindemith also used the novella as the basis of his 1926 opera Cardillac.)

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