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The pacing feels rushed, there's little time to absorb the dramatic elements. The suspense and tension one feels when the doctor is at the orgy is lost in this version; the orgy itself has a less ritualistic and frightening flavour, almost more absurd. The jealousy the doctor experiences, and many other important themes, are conveyed via narration.
Wolfgang Gluck, in 1969, made a TV film of the book, this movie also titiled Traumnovelle, so the purchase would seem likely to have occurred after Gluck's film. I rarely check out Reddit, but yesterday I fortunately followed a link to the Kubrick film section and thus learned that Gluck's film is now online. So, thanks Reddit!
Taking us on a guided tour of Vienna's seedy cafés, red-light district, decadent villas, hospitals and morgue, Schnitzler brilliantly uncovers the violence and depravity lurking beneath the surface of civilized society. Dream Story is the inspiration for Eyes Wide Shut, co-written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael. 117 pages, Paperback.
Traumnovelle is a 1969 Austrian TV movie based on Arthur Schnitzler's novel of the same name. The novel was more famously adapted 30 years later by Stanley Kubrick as Eyes Wide Shut. Being a massive fan of Kubrick's film, I just had to watch this one to see how similar they were.
Traumnovelle: Directed by Florian Frerichs. With Nikolai Kinski, Nicole Nagel, Laurine Price, Detlev Buck.
