The Tales of Hoffmann

1951 · 2h 7m · 7.1

Music, Fantasy, Drama

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.

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina, Pamela Brown, Léonide Massine, Ann Ayars, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Robert Rounseville, Mogens Wieth, Lionel Harris

opera, musical, surrealism, based on play or musical, anthology, ballet, automaton, soprano, prima ballerina