Film · Drama, Fantasy, Music
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
You Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen!
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.
- Director
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Writers
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Dennis Arundell
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- April 4, 1951
Cast
Moira ShearerStella / Olympia
Ludmilla TchérinaGiulietta
Pamela BrownNiklaus
Léonide MassineSpalanzani / Schlemil / Franz
Ann AyarsAntonia
Robert HelpmannLindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
Frederick AshtonKleinsach / Cochenille
Robert RounsevilleHoffmann
Mogens WiethCrespel- Lionel HarrisPitichinaccio
Philip LeaverAndrés- Meinhart MaurLuther
- Edmond AudranPartner to Stella in Dragonfly Ballet
- Sir Thomas BeechamSelf - Conductor (uncredited)
- Alan CarterCasher (Act 1) (uncredited)
- Elizabeth ChristieCorps de Ballet (uncredited)
- John FordNathanaël (uncredited)
- Richard GoldingHermann - Prologue and Epilogue (uncredited)
- Lillemor KnudsenDancer (uncredited)
- Barry LoweStudent (uncredited)
