The Tales of Hoffmann
MusicFantasyRomance
7.17/10
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|127 min
Release Date: 1951-04-04
Overview - 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.
Production Companies
Vega Film ProductionsThe Archers
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CinemaSerf
7/10
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. They have assembled a curiously effective collection of gloriously clad acting talent - most of whom, ...
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