The tales of Hoffmann [videorecording] / London Films presents a Powell & Pressburger production ; written, produced, & directed by Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger.
Title from disc surface. Based upon the opera by Jacques Offenbach. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine.
Summary:
Hoffmann is a lovelorn young man in Nuremberg who is watching his latest love, Stella, dance in the ballet. In the interval he goes to the tavern where he tells his friends the tales of the three major loves of his life.
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