(Hoffmans Erzählungen)

Content: “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.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Music,

Fantasy,

Romance,

Drama

Runtime:

0 minutes

Year:

1970

Directors:

Václav Kašlík

Production companies:

ZDF

Actors:

Hoffman

Crews:

Director