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The Tales of Hoffmann

NR
Movie
1951
2h 7m
English
Fantasy, Music, Romance
A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Next, he believes that a striking prostitute loves him, only to find out she was hired to fake her affections by the dastardly Dapertutto. Lastly, a magic spell claims the life of his final lover.
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The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
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Moira Shearer
Stella / Olympia
Lonide Massine
Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz
Ann Ayars
Antonia
Robert Helpmann
Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / ...
Frederick Ashton
Kleinsach / Cochenille

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christopher_brink says...
12 years ago
Another beautiful piece from The Archers, the same team that produced THE RED SHOES. It's visually sumptuous, like SHOES, but it lacks the earlier film's compelling narrative.
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miguelreina says...
5 years ago
[MUBI] Baroque. Old-fashioned Production Design. Brilliant in dance performances. Imperfect in the middle. I thought Liberace was going to show sometime.
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Though I really enjoyed watching this, it isn't really a film at all. Messrs. Powell and Pressburger have elicited the help of the supremely talented Christopher Challis and of the late Jacques Offenbach and basically filmed an augmented theatrical production of his eponymous, uncompleted, opera. Th More
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