Vintage Classics; Limited Edition; StudioCanal

OBS! Ny/Uåbnet (stadig i folie)

Newly discovered sequences from Act 3 and the epilogue, which were missing from previously released versions of the film, were found in the nitrate material held at the BFI and put back into the film as directors Powell & Pressburger originally intended Based on Jacques Offenbach's opera of the stories of romantic poet E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Tales of Hoffmann gave close collaborators Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger another opportunity to eschew realism and celebrate artifice and creativity.

Metropolitan opera star Robert Rounseville plays Hoffmann, a university student who is spectacularly unlucky in affairs of the heart. Each of his love affairs with Olympia (Moira Shearer), an animated doll, Venetian courtesan Giulietta (Ludmilla Tcherina) and singer's daughter Antonia (Ann Ayars) is doomed to failure due to circumstances far beyond our hero's control. The entire film is shaped by Offenbach's score, given a rousing rendition by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of the legendary Sir Thomas Beecham.

Features:
• Introduction from Martin Scorsese
• Introduction from Thelma Schoonmaker
• Brand new trailer
• Stills gallery
• Limited Edition Postcards
• Limited Edition Booklet

Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Genre: Fantasy, Music, Musical
Duration: 133
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Media: Blu-ray
Discs: 1
Region: B