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Ludmilla Tcherina | ||
Leonide Massine | ||
Pamela Brown | Nicklaus | |
Moira Shearer | Stella and Olympia | |
Ann Ayars | ||
Robert Helpmann | Lindorf, Coppelius, Dapertutto and Dr Miracle | |
Robert Rounseville | Hoffmann | |
Ludmilla Tchérina | Giulietta | |
Anne Ayars | Antonia | |
Léonide Massine | Spalanzani, Schlemil and Franz | |
Frederick Ashton | Kleinsach and Cochenille | |
Mogens Wieth | Crespel | |
Lionel Harris | Pitichinaccio | |
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Producer | Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger |
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Writer | Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger E.T.A. Hoffmann Jules Barbier |
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Musician | Jacques Offenbach
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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one of a kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach's fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffman, a poet dreams of three women - a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer - all of whom break his heard in different ways. Powell and Pressburger's feverishly romantic adaptation is a feast of music, dance, and visual effects, and one of the most exhilarating opera films ever produced. |
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