The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

Cast

Robert Helpmann
as Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr Miracle
Moira Shearer
as Stella / Olympia

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Genres & Description

Action Fantasy Music Musical Romance

7.4 / 10

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.

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CastielDestler

Really wish they would do an amaerican release. - @Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:54 PM

Ester Balbi

gorgeus movie , gorgeus Moira Shearer! - @Saturday, March 17, 2018 3:38 AM

Ester Balbi

great opera and ballet , And great Moira Shearer - @Saturday, March 17, 2018 3:32 AM

Ester Balbi

great!! - @Monday, January 1, 2018 3:41 AM

rudi reifenstecher

I'd like to see this but I hate opera and ballet dancing - @Sunday, December 24, 2017 5:33 PM

Corinne Fordschmid

Dorothy Bond was the "voice" of Moira Shearer in this film so I wonder if that is her singing. Amazing! - @Thursday, July 13, 2017 11:35 AM

Will Cooke

Without this, "Night Of The Living Dead" wouldn't exist... Let that sink in... - @Friday, August 19, 2016 9:49 PM

Renan C. Maia

Amazing!! - @Monday, August 1, 2016 8:58 AM

Hercules Pegasus

Martin Scorsese's Favorite Film he use to rent as a child. So cool to know that. The winding up of the ballerina doll reminds me of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. - @Friday, July 1, 2016 5:42 AM

Tim Chuma

One of my favourite purchases of 2015 and I bought a lot of movies. - @Sunday, June 5, 2016 2:19 PM

EthelBramble

Sometimes I miss having a tv.... - @Tuesday, February 9, 2016 2:33 AM

James Cleveland

The first operatic movie I seen as a kid late 1940s early 1950s - @Saturday, June 20, 2015 11:44 PM

Jacob Jackson

I cannot wait to see the new restoration. They added 10 minutes of unreleased footage back into the film that was cut before the world premiere. - @Monday, January 26, 2015 11:03 PM