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The Tales of Hoffmann(1951)

NR
| 2h 7min | Fantasy, Music, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 31 votes)

A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Next, he believes that a striking prostitute loves him, only to find out she was hired to fake her affections by the dastardly Dapertutto. Lastly, a magic spell claims the life of his final lover.

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger - With Moira Shearer, Pamela Brown, Ludmilla Tchérina, Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine, Frederick Ashton, ...

Princely Toys: One Man's Private Kingdom(1976)

45min | Documentary

A made for TV BBC documentary exploring Jack Donovan's antique automaton collection. The documentary focuses on the toys themselves, displaying their range of movements in plain settings while the narrator weaves stories and comments about them to the synth sounds of library music.