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- BFI identifier47301
- Date1951-11-26 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisVersion of the opera by Offenbach. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Michael Powell
Directed by: Emeric Pressburger
©: British Lion Film Corporation Ltd.
view all - CastRobert Rounseville (E.T.A. Hoffmann, a poet) The Prologue and Epilogue: Singers
Monica Sinclair (Nicklaus, his faithful friend and companion) The Prologue and Epilogue: Singers
Fisher-Morgan (Luther) The Prologue and Epilogue: Singers
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Title
The Tales of Hoffmann A Fantastic Opera ()
The Tales of Hoffmann (Original)
Jacques Offenbach's the Tales of Hoffmann (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/AABC-6E4C-B1E6-8861-E409-GCategory
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Original French libretto by Jules Barbier - SCR-17026
Script - Original story: Original French libretto by Jules Barbier - SCR-17027
Ephemera: publicity - Small pressbook - PBS-47301
Script and Story Development - Papers include original musical score by Offenbach; libretto by Dennis Arundell including Michael Powell's own copy [for Prompt copy of libretto see MLP-1-1-63-3 Production] - MLP-1-1-63-1
Pre-production - Papers relating to pre-production - MLP-1-1-63-2
Small pressbook held. See LONDON FILM PRODUCTIONS Collection List (A/026), FILM AND TELEVISION EPHEMERA List and FILM PROGRAMMES List.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: production - Finale. [Scene 2: 2 tiny figures (dancers: Moira Shearer and Edmond Audran) in set with 4 tall pylons, with water-like reflections.] , Unsigned. - PD-12825
Design: production - The Tale of Giulietta. Barcarolle sequence. (scene: bodies on steps, with standing female dancer [Tcherina].) - PD-12826
Design: production - The Tale of Antonia. [Woman (Ann Ayars), proscenium arch set, sun radiating above Antonia. Unsigned - PD-12827
Design: production - The Tale of Antonia. [3 figures on stage (Ayars, muse/mother, and Robert Helpmann), footlights.] Unsigned - PD-12828
Poster: film - Illustrated three sheet poster for the British theatrical release - PD-10903
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00o-d8m
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- +The Tales of Hoffmann A Fantastic Opera
Work - 47301 - 1951-11-26 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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