The Tales of Hoffmann

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1952-06-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1825 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger

Genres:

Fantasy Music Musical

Cast:

Moira Shearer Ludmilla Tchèrina Ann Ayars Pamela Brown

Writer:

Dennis Arundell (English libretto)

Jules Barbier (from the French text by)

Michael Powell

Emeric Pressburger

Fullplot:

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.

Comments:

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By:

Thomas Green

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