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Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach's fantasy opera, a poet dreams of three women a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous...

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Uniform Title:Tales of Hoffmann (Motion picture : 1951)
Other Authors: Powell, Michael, 1905-1990 (Screenwriter), Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988 (Screenwriter), Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006 (Actor, Singer), Rounseville, Robert (Actor, Singer), Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986 (Actor, Singer), Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]
Series:Criterion collection.
Subjects:
Operas > Film adaptations.
Hoffmann, E. T. A. > (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), > 1776-1822 > Film adaptations.
Poets > Drama.
Love > Drama.
Hoffmann, E. T. A. > (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), > 1776-1822.
Love.
Operas.
Poets.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Musical films.
Opera films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach's fantasy opera, a poet dreams of three women a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer all of whom break his heart in different ways. Powell and Pressburger's feverishly romantic adaptation is a feast of music, dance, and visual effects, and one of the most exhilarating opera films ever produced.
Item Description:Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Accompanying insert features a new essay by film historian Ian Christie.
Special features: audio commentary from 1992 by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Bruce Eder, newly updated by Eder; interview with filmmaker George A. Romero from 2005; The sorcerer's apprentice (1956), a short musical film based on the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe story and directed by Michael Powell; collection of production designer Hein Heckroth's design sketches and paintings; gallery of production and publicity photographs; trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([12] folded pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Format:Blu-ray, full screen (1.37:1); monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
ISBN:9781681439440
1681439441