Fresh
As a work of pure, imaginative cinema, it comes close to genius.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
The Tales of Hoffmann
You Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen!
1951 · 2h 7m · NOT RATED
Fantasy, Music, Romance
Directed by
Michael Powell
,
Emeric Pressburger
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.
Director and cast
- Michael Powell Director
- Emeric Pressburger Director
- Moira Shearer as Stella / Olympia
- Ludmilla Tchérina as Giulietta
- Pamela Brown as Niklaus
- Léonide Massine as Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz
- Ann Ayars as Antonia
- Robert Helpmann as Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
- Frederick Ashton as Kleinsach / Cochenille
- Robert Rounseville as Hoffmann
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the most completely realized marriages of color, movement, and music in the medium's history.
Donna Bowman, AV Club
Rotten
Hard to take, despite the clear personal commitment of director Michael Powell and the enormous amount of talent on display in the photography, set design, and choreography.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
As intensely expressionistic as any film since Caligari, and at the same time a veritable nova of springtime elan, the movie inhabits a unique puppet-theater universe, and could seduce a eunuch.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
A lush, resplendent production that's a treat to eye and ear.
Variety Staff, Variety
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