The Tales of Hoffmann (1951 film)
1951 FILM BY EMERIC PRESSBURGER, MICHAEL POWELL
The Tales of Hoffman (film); The Tales of Hoffmann (film)
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.