Magic Fire (1956)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | Magic Fire |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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Cast
Titles
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Crew
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| Screenplay |
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| Director of Photography | |
| Choreography | |
| Production Designer | |
| Film Editor | |
| Production Mixer |
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| Assistant Director | |
| Second Unit Director |
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| Still Photographer |
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| Music Coordinator | |
| Orchestra Leader | |
| Costume Designer |
Cast
| Yvonne De Carlo | Minna Planer Wagner | ||
| Carlos Thompson | Franz Liszt | ||
| Rita Gam | Cosima Liszt | ||
| Valentina Cortese | Mathilde Wesendonk | ||
| Alan Badel | Richard Wagner | ||
| Peter Cushing | Otto Wesendonck | ||
| Frederick Valk | minister von Moll | ||
| Gerhard Riedmann | kung Ludwig II | ||
| Eric Schumann | Hans von Buelow | ||
| Robert Freitag (as Robert Freytag) | August Roeckel | ||
| Heinz Klingenberg | kung av Sachsen | ||
| Charles Regnier | Giacomo Meyerbeer | ||
| Fritz Rasp | Pfistermeister | ||
| Kurt Grosskurth | chef för Magdeburgteatern | ||
| Hans Quest | Robert Hubner | ||
| Jan Hendriks | Michael Bakunin | ||
| - | Ej krediterade: | ||
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Hans Richter, dirigent | ||
| Hans Elwenspoek | |||
| Rolf Kralowitz | |||
| Werner Lieven | |||
| Werner Westerholt |
Companies
| Production Company | Republic Pictures Corporation | ||
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| A William Dieterle Production | |||
| Copyright | Republic Pictures Corporation | 1955-07-15 | LP6227 |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.37:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Sound system | RCA Sound System |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Frames per second | 24 |
| Length in minutes | 94 min |
Original work
Production location
| 1954-10 | 1954-11 | |||||
| Bavaria Atelier | Geiselgasteig, Bayern | West Germany | ||||
| Wiesbaden | West Germany | |||||
| Bayreuth, Bayern | West Germany |
Release dates
| World premiere | 1956-04-19 | London | United Kingdom | |||
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| First showing | 1956-04-26 | Chicago, Illinois | USA | |||
| Other showing | 1956-04-27 | USA | (US release) |
Soundtrack listing
| Original title | Cola Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1842) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1842) |
| Original title | Der fliegende Holländer. Uvertyr | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1841, uppförd 1843) |
| Performed by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | (piano - dubbar Alan Badels pianospel) |
| Original title | Les huguenots | |
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| Composer | Giacomo Meyerbeer | (1836) |
| Lyrics | Eugène Scribe | (1836) |
| Émile Deschamps | (1836) |
| Original title | Der fliegende Holländer | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1843) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1843) |
| Singer | Otto Edelmann | |
| Leonie Rysanek |
| Original title | Lohengrin | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1850) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (tysk text 1850) |
| Fritz Ahlgrensson | (svensk text 1874) | |
| Singer | Hans Hopf |
| Original title | Die Walküre | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1870) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1870) |
| Singer | Annelies Kupper | ("Winterstürme") |
| Leonie Rysanek | ("Valkyrieritten") |
| Original title | Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1845) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1845) |
| Singer | Otto Edelmann | |
| Hans Hopf |
| Original title | Tristan und Isolde | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1865) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1865) |
| Performed by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | (piano - dubbar Alan Badels pianospel) |
| Original title | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1868) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1868) |
| Singer | Otto Edelmann | ("Preislied") |
| Hans Hopf | ("Preislied") |
| Original title | Siegfried | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1876) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1876) |
| Singer | Hans Hopf |
| Original title | Siegfried-Idyll | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1870) |
| Original title | Götterdämmerung | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1876) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1876) |
| Singer | Leonie Rysanek |
| Original title | Das Rheingold | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1869) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1869) |
| Singer | Otto Edelmann |
| Original title | Parsifal | |
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| Composer | Richard Wagner | (1882) |
| Lyrics | Richard Wagner | (1882) |
| Performed by | Erich Wolfgang Korngold | (piano - dubbar Alan Badels pianospel) |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Element type | Sound negative |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | SET |
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| Colour prints | 1 |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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