The Deadly Dreams

{{Short description|1951 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Deadly Dreams

| image = File:The Deadly Dreams.jpg

| caption =

| director = Paul Martin

| producer = {{ubl|Werner Fischer|Georg Mohr}}

| writer = Gustav Kampendonk

| starring = Rudolf Forster
Will Quadflieg
Cornell Borchers

| music = Hans-Otto Borgmann

| cinematography = Fritz Arno Wagner

| editing = Rosemarie Weinert

| studio = Pontus Film

| distributor = National Film

| released = {{film date|1951|1|10|df=yes}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

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The Deadly Dreams (German: Die tödlichen Träume) is a 1951 West German fantasy drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Rudolf Forster, Will Quadflieg and Cornell Borchers. The film is based on several stories by the romantic era writer E. T. A. Hoffmann.{{Cite journal|last=Ringel|first=Stefan|year=1995|title=E. T. A. Hoffmanns Werke im Film|journal=E. T. A. Hoffmann Jahrbuch|language=German|volume=41|issue=3|page=88}} Karl & Skopal p.122 It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location around Bamberg in Bavaria. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4050/year/1951.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Die tödlichen Träume |accessdate=17 January 2009 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130122230250/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4050/year/1951.html |archivedate=22 January 2013}}