Title on label: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's the Tales of Hoffman. Includes the 12 minutes cut from the original theatrical film produced at the London Film Studio and distributed by British Lion Film Corp. in 1951. Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tcherina, Pamela Brown, Leonide Massine , Robert Helpmann, Federick Ashton, Robert Rounseville ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham ; The Sadler's Wells Chorus.
Summary:
The Tales of Hoffmann are three wondrous stories of romance, magic, and mystery arising out of the poet Hoffmann's misadventures in love.
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