---
title: 'The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Emeric Pressburger'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tales-of-hoffmann-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044103/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

1951 · 138 min · Drama, Fantasy, Music · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Tales of Hoffmann is a 1951 British Technicolor comic opera film written, produced and directed by the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger working under the umbrella of their production company The Archers. It is an adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's 1881 opera The Tales of Hoffmann, itself based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Screenplay:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Producer:** [Emeric Pressburger](https://cinepixo.com/people/emeric-pressburger), [Michael Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-powell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jacques Offenbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-offenbach)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christopher Challis](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-challis)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-mills)

## Cast

- [Ludmilla Tchérina](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludmilla-tcherina)
- [Frederick Ashton](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-ashton)
- [Léonide Massine](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonide-massine)
- [Edmond Audran](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-audran-2)
- [Moira Shearer](https://cinepixo.com/people/moira-shearer)
- [Pamela Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/pamela-brown)
- [Robert Helpmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-helpmann)
- [Edmond Audran](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-audran)

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