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Fidelio

Fidelio poster
Director
Walter Felsenstein
Cast
Richard Holm as Florestan Claude Nollier as Leonore / Fidelio Erwin V. Gross as Don Fernando Hannes Schiel as Georg Wieter as Rocco Sonja Schöner as Marcellina
Crew
Nicolas Hayer — Director of Photography Hannes Fuchs — Director of Photography Viktor Meihsl — Director of Photography Walter Tuch — Director of Photography Walter Felsenstein — Writer Leo Metzenbauer — Production Design
Synopsis

A film adaptation of Ludwig van Beethoven's opera of the same name. Florestan has been held in a Spanish state prison for many years. When an inspection of the prison becomes inevitable, Florestan must be eliminated. But Fidelio's young assistant can prevent this. It turns out that Fidelio is actually Florestan's wife. She is determined to do everything she can to free her husband.

Key Collaborators
Walter Felsenstein Director Nicolas Hayer Director of Photography Hannes Fuchs Director of Photography Viktor Meihsl Director of Photography Walter Tuch Director of Photography Walter Felsenstein Writer Leo Metzenbauer Production Design Rochus Gliese Production Design
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