The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

1951 · 127 min · EN · NR · 7.1 (92 votes)
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · Starring Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina, Pamela Brown, Léonide Massine, Ann Ayars, Robert Helpmann · Music Jacques Offenbach

“You Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen!”

MusicFantasyDrama

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.

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A visually lush, operatic journey through a poet's fractured heart. Expect surreal set pieces and soaring arias that blur the line between reality and delusion, leaving you enchanted and a little heartbroken.

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