Top billed cast

1. 

   Moira Shearer

   Stella / Olympia

2. 

   Ludmilla Tchérina

   Giulietta

3. 

   Pamela Brown

   Niklaus

4. 

   Léonide Massine

   Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz

5. 

   Ann Ayars

   Antonia

6. 

   Robert Helpmann

   Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle

7. 

   Frederick Ashton

   Kleinsach / Cochenille

8. 

   Robert Rounseville

   Hoffmann

9. 

   Mogens Wieth

   Crespel

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-28

Though I really enjoyed watching this, it isn't really a film at all. Messrs. Powell and Pressburger have elicited the help of the supremely talented Christopher Challis and of the late Jacques Offenbach and basically filmed an augmented theatrical production of his eponymous, uncompleted, opera. They have assembled a curiously effective collection of gloriously clad acting talent - most of whom, aside from the narrator/composer himself in the form of Robert Rounseville, cannot actually sing - and proceeded to present us with something that is really quite beautiful to watch and listen to; but...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$2,470,000.00

Keywords

• opera
• musical
• surrealism
• based on play or musical
• anthology
• ballet
• automaton
• soprano
• prima ballerina