Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbachs fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffmann, a poet dreams of three women—a mechanical performing doll (legendary dancer moira shearer in this scene), a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer—all of whom break his heart in different ways.
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