The Tales of Hoffmann NEW PAL Arthouse DVD Michael Powell Moira Shearer

Description: BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brand new, official studio-released DVD of this great film, imported from France ( Contos de Hoffman ) ( Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann ) This is a PAL, Region 2 DVD. This DVD will play on standard DVD players in Europe, South Africa, Middle East. This DVD will NOT play on standard DVD players in USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand. This DVD will NOT play on standard DVD players in USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand. This DVD (and any other DVD released anywhere in the world) will play just fine on any multi-region DVD player, bought in USA or elsewhere. It will also play on most computers' DVD drives. Some consumers actually own a multi-region DVD player, without knowing it. All you need to do if you own such Philips, Akai, CyberHome or other DVD player is to use your remote control to switch it to multi-region mode. 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If these steps don't work, then unfortunately subtitles are not optional. o We now offer FREE SHIPPING to anywhere in the world! FILM DETAILS Original Title: Contos de Hoffman Alternate Title: Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann Screened, competed or awarded at:Berlin International Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Oscar Academy Awards Language Selections:English ( Mono ) French ( Subtitles ) Product Origin/Format:France ( PAL/Region 2 ) Running Time:95 min Aspect Ratio:Fullscreen Special Features:Interactive Menu Scene Access Movie filmed in 1951 and produced in:Country: United Kingdom ( Region: Great Britain, Ireland ) Directed By:Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger Written By:Dennis Arundell Jules Barbier Actors:Moira Shearer ..... Stella / Olympia Ludmilla Tch rina ..... Giulietta Ann Ayars ..... Antonia Pamela Brown ..... Nicklaus L onide Massine ..... Spalanzani Robert Helpmann ..... Lindorf Coppelius ..... Kleinsach / Cochenille Dapertutto ..... Crespel Frederick Ashton ..... Hoffmann Mogens Wieth ..... Pitichinaccio Robert Rounseville ..... Andreas (Prologue and Epilogue) Lionel Harris ..... Luther Philip Leaver ..... Partner to Stella in Dragonfly ballet Meinhart Maur ..... Nathaniel (Prologue and Epilogue) Edmond Audran ..... Hermann (Prologue and Epilogue) John Ford Richard Golding Synopsis:Most baby-boomers are familiar with the Powell-Pressburger production of the Offenbach opera Tales of Hoffman only through the full-color stills from the film which were reproduced in the 'Motion Picture' section of The World Book Encyclopedia. If this is your only memory of the film, we advise you to seek out a copy of this lengthy but visually enthralling picture as soon as possible. Metropolitan opera star Robert Rounseville plays Hoffman, a university student who is spectacularly unlucky in affairs of the heart. Each of his love affairs with Olympia (Moira Shearer), Giulietta (Ludmilla Tcherina) and Antonia (Ann Ayars) is doomed to failure due to circumstances far beyond our hero's control (Olympia, for example, turns out to be nothing more than a life-sized mechanical doll). As in the previous Powell-Pressburger collaboration The Red Shoes, the film's best moments are its ballet sequences, choreographed by Jane Ashton. Offenbach's score is given a splendid rendition by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of the legendary Sir Thomas Beecham. In a tavern in Nuremberg, the young Hoffmann (Robert Rounseville) tells three stories of past loves (played by Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tch rina, and Ann Ayars). He recounts the stories during the interval of a ballet, which stars his new love Stella (also played by Shearer). L onide Massine and Robert Helpmann have roles in each story. 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