The Tales of Hoffman[U]
Director :Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast:Robert Rounseville, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton
UK | 1951 | 2hrs 24m
Prepare to be astonished by the audacity and inventiveness of Powell & Pressburger’s dazzling take on Jacques Offenbach’s 1881 opera. Drawing on some of the greatest film, music and dance talents of the period, they transform it into a musical phantasmagoria. Metropolitan opera star Robert Rounseville plays Hoffman, a melancholy poet who is spectacular
Wednesday 25 March, 2pm
Thursday 26 March 2015, 4pm
£5.50
Barn Cinema, The Dartington Hall Estate, Devon TQ9 6EL
Wed 25 Mar 2015 and Thu 26 Mar 2015