The Tales of Hoffmann

You Will Never See Anything Finer On The Screen!

A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.

Music Fantasy Romance

Moira Shearer

(Stella / Olympia)

Ludmilla Tchérina

(Giulietta)

Pamela Brown

(Niklaus)

Léonide Massine

(Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz)

Ann Ayars

(Antonia)

Robert Helpmann

(Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle)

Frederick Ashton

(Kleinsach / Cochenille)

Robert Rounseville

(Hoffmann)

Mogens Wieth

(Crespel)

Lionel Harris

(Pitichinaccio)

Philip Leaver

(Andrés)

Meinhart Maur

(Luther)

Edmond Audran

(Partner to Stella in Dragonfly Ballet)

Sir Thomas Beecham

(Self - Conductor (uncredited))

Alan Carter

(Casher (Act 1) (uncredited))

Elizabeth Christie

(Corps de Ballet (uncredited))

John Ford

(Nathanaël (uncredited))

Richard Golding

(Hermann - Prologue and Epilogue (uncredited))

Lillemor Knudsen

(Dancer (uncredited))

Barry Lowe

(Student (uncredited))

Arthur Skinner

(Man in Background (uncredited))