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The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

Michael Powell, 1951

Spine #317

Picked by 1 guest

Music / Fantasy / Romance

Criterion TMDB

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Written by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Dennis Arundell

Cinematography Christopher Challis

Edited by Reginald Mills

Cast Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tchérina, Pamela Brown, Léonide Massine, Ann Ayars, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Robert Rounseville

Picked by

Greg Gonzalez

“The last little story I have revolves around this movie, The Tales of Hoffmann. I've always wanted this one because this is the follow-up to The Red Shoes. The Tales of Hoffmann is pretty much just like, 'Hey, let's do The Red Shoes ballet but like a bunch of them.' And it's pretty wild. I've actually never had this, always wanted it. It was elusive, and so it feels like cosmic that I'm finally getting it now today at the actual Criterion closet.”

Greg Gonzalez