The Tales Of Hoffman

Screening Dates:
Sun 22 March 5:15pm

Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Moira Shearer, Robert Rounseville, Ludmilla Tchérina

A stunning restoration of The Tales of Hoffmann, starring Moira Shearer, Powell and Pressburger’s dazzling take on Jacques Offenbach’s 1881 opera brings together some of the greatest film, music and dance talents of the period. This stunning restoration contains previously unseen footage and is sure to astonish audiences on its return to the big screen.

Hoffmann is a lovelorn young man in Nuremberg who is watching his latest love, Stella, dance in the ballet. In the interval he goes to the tavern where he tells his friends the tales of the three major loves of his life. Each story forms a separate act of this magnificently staged opera.