Name: The tales of Hoffman, a fantastic opera, London Films ; [music] by Jacques Offenbach ; English libretto by Dennis Arundell from the French text by Julies Barbier ; produced, directed and written by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
ISBN: 9780780021129

The tales of Hoffman, a fantastic opera, London Films ; [music] by Jacques Offenbach ; English libretto by Dennis Arundell from the French text by Julies Barbier ; produced, directed and written by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Type

Label

The tales of Hoffman, a fantastic opera, London Films ; [music] by Jacques Offenbach ; English libretto by Dennis Arundell from the French text by Julies Barbier ; produced, directed and written by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Note

Originally released as a motion picture in 1951Features: commentary with Martin Scorsese and Bruce Eder, interview with George A. Romero, The sorcerer's apprentice, a short musical film directed by Michael Powell based on the Goethe story, production designer Hein Heckroth's sketches and paintings, gallery of archival production and publicity photographs, original theatrical trailer, a new essay by film historian Ian Christie

Color

multicolored

Configuration of playback channels

monaural

resource.creditsNote

Photography, Christopher Challis ; production design, Hein Heckroth

Dimensions

other

Edition

Special edition

Isbn

9780780021129

Medium for sound

videodisc

Participant note

Moira Shearer, Ludmilla Tcherina, Ann Ayers, Pamela Brown, Leonide Massine, Robert Helpman, Frederick Ashton, Mogens Wieth, Robert Rounseville, Monica Sinclair ; Sadler's Wells Chorus ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart., conductor

Physical Description

1 videodisc (127 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

Sound on medium or separate

sound on medium

Specific Material Designation

videodisc

System control number

(Sirsi) 1109378(OCoLC)123093383

System details

DVD, Dolby digital mono

Upc

037429126226