The Tales of Hoffmann
You Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen!
This a film version of the opera 'The Tales of Hoffmann', however it is NOT just a film of a staged performance. 'Michael Powell' & Emeric Pressburger (and the rest of 'The Archers') work their usual magic here. The opera dramatises the three great romances in the life of the poet-hero presented in a series of flashbacks. Hoffmann's tales depict the struggle between human love and the artist's dedication to his work. Hoffmann loses each of the women he loves but gains instead poetic inspiration -- the ability to transform painful experiences into art.
Cast
Moira Shearer
Stella
Moira Shearer
Kleinzach's Lady-Love
Moira Shearer
Olympia
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Robert Rounseville
E.T.A. Hoffmann
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Robert Rounseville
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Ludmilla Tchérina
Giulietta
Ludmilla Tchérina
Self
Ann Ayars
Antonia
Ann Ayars
Self
Pamela Brown
Nicklaus
Pamela Brown
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Léonide Massine
Spalanzani
Léonide Massine
Schlemil
Léonide Massine
Franz
Robert Helpmann
Councillor Lindorf
Robert Helpmann
Coppelius
Robert Helpmann
Dapertutto
Frederick Ashton
Kleinzach
Frederick Ashton
Cochenille
Frederick Ashton
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Mogens Wieth
Crespel
Mogens Wieth
Self
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Lionel Harris
Pitichinaccio
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Lionel Harris
Self
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Christopher Challis
Cinematographer
