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The Tales of Hoffmann

Cult Classics • Fantasy, Musical, UR

Based on Jacques Offenbach's opera, The Tales of Hoffmann takes viewers through three fantastical stories, regaled to us by narrator E.T.A. Hoffman who revisits the tales of his three loves; Olympia, an animated doll, Giuletta the Venetian courtesan, and Antonia, a singer's daughter hidden away from the world.

Tags
Dance, Opera
Cast
Robert Rounseville Hoffmann
Monica Sinclair Nicklaus, his faithful friend and companion
Fisher-Morgan Luther
Moira Shearer Olympia
Crew
Emeric Pressburger director
Michael Powell director

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