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The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
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This a film version of the opera "The Tales of Hoffmann", however it is NOT just a film of a staged performance... See full summary » Writers:Dennis Arundell (English libretto), Jules Barbier (from the French text by), and 4 more credits » |
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Moira Shearer | ... |
Stella
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Olympia
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Ludmilla Tchérina | ... |
Giulietta
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Ann Ayars | ... |
Antonia
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Pamela Brown | ... |
Nicklaus
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Léonide Massine | ... |
Spalanzani
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Schlemil
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Franz
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Frederick Ashton | ... |
Kleinsach
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Cochenille
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Mogens Wieth | ... |
Crespel
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Robert Rounseville | ... |
Hoffmann
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Lionel Harris | ... | |
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Philip Leaver | ... |
Andreas (Prologue and Epilogue)
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Meinhart Maur | ... | |
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Edmond Audran | ... |
Partner to Stella in Dragonfly ballet
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John Ford | ... |
Nathaniel (Prologue and Epilogue)
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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. Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann See more »Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKCompany Credits
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Japan: | UK: (reduced to 128 mins before release) | USA:Sound Mix:
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Music by Jacques Offenbach
English Libretto by Dennis Arundell
From the French Text by Jules Barbier
Conductor: Thomas Beecham (as Sir Thomas Beecham Bart.) with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sung by Robert Rounseville, Dorothy Bond, Margherita Grandi, Ann Ayars (as Ann Ayars),
Monica Sinclair, Joan Alexander, Grahame Clifford, Bruce Dargavel,
, Murray Dickie, Owen Brannigan, Fisher Morgan, Rene Soames,
, The Sadler's Wells Chorus See more »
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George A. Romero, writer/director of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead has cited "The Tales of Hoffman" as his all-time favorite movie, saying that it was the movie that originally inspired him to get into film-making. See more »Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized: During Olympia's song, Moira Shearer isn't miming for quite lengthy sections - as she is pirouetting quite fast in some of these sections, it is understandable that she'd want to concentrate on her balance. See more »Quotes
Chorus of Students: Some drink, drink, drink, drink, drink: do you hear us about? You lazy lout! We want some beer; we want some wine! Pour out the wine, and drink and drink till morning. Pour out the wine for drinking is divine. It is divine. We want some beer; we want some wine. We want some beer; we want some wine.See more »
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Featured in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Salt/Ramona and Beezus/Summer Doc Round-Up (#2.26)" (2010) See more »Soundtracks
"Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, A Fantastic Opera"Music by Jacques Offenbach
English Libretto by Dennis Arundell
From the French Text by Jules Barbier
Conductor: Thomas Beecham (as Sir Thomas Beecham Bart.) with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sung by Robert Rounseville, Dorothy Bond, Margherita Grandi, Ann Ayars (as Ann Ayars),
Monica Sinclair, Joan Alexander, Grahame Clifford, Bruce Dargavel,
, Murray Dickie, Owen Brannigan, Fisher Morgan, Rene Soames,
, The Sadler's Wells Chorus See more »
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