The Tales of Hoffmann

You Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen!

7.119512h 7m

Released

Music

Fantasy

Romance

Drama

Overview

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

StatusReleased

Release Date1951-04-04

Runtime2h 7m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Revenue$2,470,000

Keywords

opera

musical

surrealism

based on play or musical

Videos

3 total

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The Tales of Hoffmann - Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Moira Shearer

as Stella / Olympia

Ludmilla Tchérina

as Giulietta

Pamela Brown

as Niklaus

Léonide Massine

as Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz

Ann Ayars

as Antonia

Robert Helpmann

as Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle

Frederick Ashton

as Kleinsach / Cochenille

Robert Rounseville

as Hoffmann

Mogens Wieth

as Crespel

Lionel Harris

as Pitichinaccio

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Dec 28, 2022

7/10

Though I really enjoyed watching this, it isn't really a film at all. Messrs. Powell and Pressburger have elicited the help of the supremely talented Christopher Challis and of the late Jacques Offenbach and basically filmed an augmented theatrical production of his eponymous, uncompleted, opera. They have assembled a curiously effective collection…

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