

The Tales of Hoffmann
You Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $2.5M
- Language
- English
- opera
- musical
- surrealism
- based on play or musical
- anthology
- ballet
- automaton
- soprano
- prima ballerina
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereMetropolitan Opera House, New York City1 Apr 1951
- TheatricalNRNew York City4 Apr 1951
United KingdomGB
- PremiereLondon18 Apr 1951
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical5 Nov 1951
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival20 Apr 1951
- Theatrical22 Jun 1951
GermanyDE
- Theatrical31 Aug 1951
NetherlandsNL
- Physical9DVD14 Oct 2005
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1412 Nov 1951
SwedenSE
- Theatrical17 Sept 1951
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The Tales of Hoffmann was released on 4 April 1951.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
12/28/2022
Though I really enjoyed watching this, it isn't really a film at all. Messrs. Powell and Pressburger have elicited the help of the supremely talented Christopher Challis and of the late Jacques Offenbach and basically filmed an augmented theatrical production of his eponymous, uncompleted, opera. They have assembled a curiously effective collection of gloriously clad acting talent - most of whom, aside from the narra…
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