Adaptation of the opera The tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Full screen (1.37:1).
Accompanied by folded sheet (12 pages) containing an an essay by film historian Ian Christie.
Special features: audio commentary from 1992 by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and critic Bruce Eder, newly updated by Eder; interview with filmmaker George A. Romero from 2005; The sorcerer's apprentice (1956), a short musical film based on the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe story and directed by Michael Powell; collection of production designer Hein Heckroth's design sketches and paintings; gallery of production and publicity photographs; trailer; an essay by film historian Ian Christie.
Original French lyrics by Jules Barbier; conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Chorus; photographed by Christopher Challis; edited by Reginald Mills; choreography by Frederick Ashton.
Acting cast: Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tcherina, Ann Ayars, Pamela Brown, Leonide Massine, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Mogens Wieth, Robert Rounseville; singing cast: Robert Rounseville, Dorothy Bond, Margherita Grandi, Ann Ayars, Monica Sinclair, Joan Alexander, Grahame Clifford, Bruce Dargavel, Murray Dickie, Owen Brannigan, Fisher Morgan, Rene Soames.
Blu-ray, region A; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
In English.
Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH).
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