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The Tales of Hoffman (1970)
Directed by Václav Kašlík
Music, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
“With this lavish colour production of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffman, we are in more conventional, though never dull, territory. It is a handsome, well sung version which stands up well to the contemporary BBC 2 version that graced our screens a Christmas or two ago. (This, too, was a Christmas-time, prestige production). The production and adaptation is by Václav Kaslic, who has produced the opera many times on stage: here he makes imaginative use of the new medium to overcome difficulties inherent in some stories. He has a fine cast, including Jon Piso as a robust Hoffman[,] Sylvia Geszty, Thomas Tipton and Herold Kraus. The orchestra and chorus are from the Bavarian State Opera.” - Brian Baxter, for the BFI.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Václav Kašlík
Details
- Original title
- Hoffmans Erzählungen
- Release date
- 1970-01-01
- Genres
- Music, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- ZDF