Cardillac (1970)
1h 37m
Running Time
March 1, 1970Release Date
Cardillac (1970)
1h 37m
Running Time
March 1, 1970Release Date
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The story of a gold smith who is so obsessed with his own craft that he murders his customers.
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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.(Composer Paul Hindemith also used the novella as the basis of his 1926 opera Cardillac.)