The Tales of Hoffmann

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.

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Release date:: 1951
Director:: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Cast:: Moira Shearer, Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina, Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine
Genre:: Fantasy, Drama, Musical
Country:: United Kingdom
Language:: English
Year page:: 1951 in adaptations