Tales of Hoffmann, The - (Movie Clip) Stella

Tales of Hoffmann, The -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits

Opening title credits from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Tales of Hoffmann, 1951, go a long way toward explaining this complex and celebrated filmed version of Jacques Offenbach's opera.

Tales of Hoffmann, The -- (Movie Clip) Enchanted Dragonfly

Robert Helpmann as the scoundrel "Lindorf," Moira Shearer as dancer "Stella," and Philip Leaver as her unprincipled servant "Andreas" are featured in this sequence from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's filmed opera Tales of Hoffman, 1951.