Moira Shearer
Stella / Olympia
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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.
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.
Sep 19, 2022 · The Tales Of Hoffmann (1951) A melancholic 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.
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.
In this film adaptation of the Offenbach opera, a young poet named Hoffman (Robert Rounseville) broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia (Moira Shearer) is ...
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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.
The Tales of Hoffmann (French: Les contes d'Hoffmann) is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story.
