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The tales of Hoffmann

Title: The tales of Hoffmann / Jacques Offenbach ; British Lion Film Corp. ; Janus Films.
Publication: [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision, [1990?]

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Description

1 videocassette (125 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

The Tales of Hoffmann are three stories of romance and the supernatural as told by the poet-hero, Hoffmann. The tales center on the poet's own misadventures in love, each affair foiled by an ever-present sinister figure.

Uniform Title

Tales of Hoffmann (Motion picture : 1951)

Subject

Genre/Form

Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Opera films
Opera films.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Opera – Feature.
Films d'opéra.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.

Note

Title on label: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The tales of Hoffman.
Presented by Janus Films and London Films. Released by Lopert Film Distributing Corporation.
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.

Credits (note)

English libretto by Dennis Arundell from the French text by Jules Barbier ; choreography by Federick Ashton ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Performer (note)

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.

System Details (note)

VHS format.

ISBN

0780007441
9780780007444

OCLC

ocm28878277
28878277
SCSB-1270976

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library