Moira Shearer
Stella / Olympia
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The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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 .
The Tales of Hoffmann: Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina, Ann Ayars, Pamela Brown. 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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- Fantasy, Music, Musical
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- 1952-06-13
Hoffmann. Mogens Wieth. Crespel. Lionel Harris. Philip Leaver. Meinhart Maur. 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.
In Jacques Offenbach’s fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffmann, a poet dreams of three women—a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer—all of whom break his heart in different ways.
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Nov 17, 2008 · In the first tale, set in Paris, Hoffmann falls in love with the mechanical doll Olympia after viewing her through magic spectacles. In the second tale, set in Venice, Hoffmann falls in love with the courtesan Giulietta, who schemes with the demonic Dapertutto to rob Hoffmann of his shadow.
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