UW Cinematheque: Special Presentations
Tales of Hoffmann | UK | 1951 | DCP | 127 min. Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Event Details
Date
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Moira Shearer, Leonide Massine, Robert Helpmann
As he waits for a response from the ballerina he idolizes, Hoffmann (Robert Rounseville) tells drunken tales of three lost loves: Olympia, the automaton; Giuletta, the courtesan; and Antonia, the doomed soprano.Powell and Pressburger bring Jacques Offenbach’s final opera to the screen with the same great care they brought to The Red Shoes. (AM)
As he waits for a response from the ballerina he idolizes, Hoffmann (Robert Rounseville) tells drunken tales of three lost loves: Olympia, the automaton; Giuletta, the courtesan; and Antonia, the doomed soprano.Powell and Pressburger bring Jacques Offenbach’s final opera to the screen with the same great care they brought to The Red Shoes. (AM)
Cost
Free
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