Cardillac (film)

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.)

Cast

 * Hans Christian Blech as Cardillac
 * Catana Cayetano as Madelon
 * Rolf Becker as Olivier
 * Liane Hielscher as Liane S.
 * Werner Leschhorn as Albert von Boysen
 * Gunter Sachs as Kunstsammler

Release
The film premiered on 28 August 1969 at the 30th Venice International Film Festival. It was released in West Germany on 1 March 1970.