Cinematography:
Christopher ChallisComposer:
Jacques OffenbachCast:
Moira Shearer, Ludmila Tchérina, Ann Ayars, Pamela Brown, Joan Alexander, Mogens Wieth, Robert Helpmann, Philip Leaver, Arthur Skinner, Barry LowePlots(1)
The opera dramatises the three great romances in the life of the poet-hero presented in a series of flashbacks. Hoffmann's tales depict the struggle between human love and the artist's dedication to his work. Hoffmann loses each of the women he loves but gains instead poetic inspiration -- the ability to transform painful experiences into art. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Moira Shearer
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Ludmila Tchérina
France
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Ann Ayars
USA
Best movies:
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Reunion in France (1942)
Pamela Brown
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
Richard III (1955)
Joan Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Mogens Wieth
Denmark
Best movies:
Ditte, Child of Man (1946)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Robert Helpmann
Australia
Best movies:
Philip Leaver
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Arthur Skinner
UK
Best movies:
The Great Manhunt (1950)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Seven Days to Noon (1950)
Barry Lowe
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
Cash on Demand (1961)
Sands of the Kalahari (1965)