“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.
Genre: Music, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
Stars: Jon Piso, Sylvia Geszty, Thomas Tipton, Harold Kraus
Crew: Václav Kašlík (Director)
Country: Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: ZDF
Runtime: 1:47:31 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1970
IMDb: 10
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