Tales of Hoffmann
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 29 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 25, 2003
- Originally Released: 1981
- Label: Kultur Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Luciana Serra & Plácido Domingo | |
| Performer: | Agnes Baltsa & Ileana Cotrubas | |
| Conductor: | Georges Prêtre |
Entertainment Reviews:
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The obvious care and effort that have gone into Hoffmann, the sometimes memorably contrived passages of virtuosity in the first half, make one reluctant to insist on the collapse of the work as a whole.
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Monthly Film Bulletin
Rating: 5/5 --
Encore!
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Observer (UK)
A pinnacle of Technicolor expressionism, The Tales of Hoffmann is one of history's strangest, most sumptuous somethings-you-don't-see-every-day.
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SF Weekly
Rating: 4/4 --
Most if not all of these performers have since died; here, they live on.
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Seattle Times
Rating: 3/4 --
The film will never rank among my favorites in the careers of these filmmakers, but filmmaking legends as diverse as Cecil B. DeMille, Martin Scorsese and George A. Romero all adore it ...
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Chicago Tribune
Rating: 4/5 --
Only the slightly muddled structure detracts from what is otherwise an audacious cinematic experiment.
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Radio Times
Rating: 2.5/4 --
While the dizzying array of design elements and magnificent vocal performances is impressive, 138 minutes is just too long to keep the interest of any but the pure opera devotee.
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TV Guide
Product Description:
Domingo's immortal portrayal of the poet Hoffmann, is captured here with three of the world's finest singers as his lady loves. Written by Jacques Offenbach and conducted by Georges Pretre.
Description by Kultur Films:
Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the story of his three past loves. Featuring Placido Domingo.
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Product Info
- UPC: 032031204096
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