The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
April 4, 1951Release Date
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
April 4, 1951Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Moira Shearer
Stella / Olympia
Ludmilla Tchérina
Giulietta
Pamela Brown
Niklaus
Léonide Massine
Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz
Ann Ayars
Antonia
Robert Helpmann
Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
Frederick Ashton
Kleinsach / Cochenille / Choreographer
Robert Rounseville
Hoffmann
Mogens Wieth
Crespel
Lionel Harris
Pitichinaccio
Philip Leaver
Andrés
Meinhart Maur
Luther
Edmond Audran
Partner to Stella in Dragonfly Ballet
Sir Thomas Beecham
Self - Conductor (uncredited) / Conductor
Alan Carter
Casher (Act 1) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Christie
Corps de Ballet (uncredited)
John Ford
Nathanaël (uncredited)
Richard Golding
Hermann - Prologue and Epilogue (uncredited)
Lillemor Knudsen
Dancer (uncredited)
Barry Lowe
Student (uncredited)
Arthur Skinner
Man in Background (uncredited)
Michael Powell
Producer / Writer / Director
Reginald Mills
Editor
Emeric Pressburger
Writer / Producer / Director
Jacques Offenbach
Original Music Composer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Hein Heckroth
Production Design / Costume Design
Ivy Baker
Costume Design
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Director
Charles Orme
Unit Production Manager
Ted Drake
Sound
Arthur Lawson
Art Direction
Media.
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This Movie Is About.
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The Tales of Hoffmann is a 1951 British Technicolor comic opera film written, produced and directed by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger working under the umbrella of their production company The Archers. It is an adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's 1881 opera The Tales of Hoffmann, itself based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
The film stars Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine and features Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina and Ann Ayars. Only Rounseville and Ayars sang their own roles.
The film's soundtrack consists of music conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham and played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to Rounseville and Ayars, singers included Dorothy Bond, Margherita Grandi, Monica Sinclair and Bruce Dargavel. The film's production team included cinematographer Christopher Challis and production and costume designer Hein Heckroth, who was nominated for two 1952 Academy Awards for his work.