The Tales of Hoffmann on Video - 2022

1951 film written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's 1881 opera. Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann and Léonide Massine, and features Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina and Ann Ayars. 4K digital restoration by The Film Foundation and the BFI National Archive, in association with STUDIOCANAL, featuring newly rediscovered footage and with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. Features: audio commentary from 1992 by Martin Scorsese and Bruce Eder, newly updated by Eder; interview with George A. Romero from 2005; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1956) short musical film; collection of production designer Hein Heckroth's design sketches and paintings; gallery of production and publicity photographs; trailer; English subtitles; essay by film historian Ian Christie.

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Studio: The Criterion Collection

Filmed: 1951 - Released: 2022

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