PickFlick
Hoffmanns Erzählungen

Hoffmanns Erzählungen

2011•2h 48m•8.0/10
DramaFantasyMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb
8.0/10(1)

Live performance, Bayerische Staatsoper, 2011. The Tales of Hoffmann (French: LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN) is an opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach that combines three short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann into a haunting whole: a melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer. One of the questions this opera poses for any director is how to link the 'tales' of Hoffmann's three lost loves together and knit them satisfactorily into the Prologue and Epilogue. In this production, Richard Jones solves the puzzle by turning it into an autobiographical journey which ends with a grand meet-up of all the characters Hoffmann has encountered: for once, Hoffmann is not presented as a rollicking kind of drunken story-spinner, but rather a sad-eyed, sobered-up depressive, who reaches for the bottle only because his disastrous love life has gone wrong yet again.

Open in PickFlick

Production

BR, Bayerische Staatsoper, ARTE

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Rolando Villazón

Rolando Villazón

Hoffmann

Diana Damrau

Diana Damrau

Olympia / Giulietta / Antonia / Stella

John Relyea

John Relyea

Lindorff / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto

Kevin Conners

Cochenille / Pitichinaccio / Frantz

Angela Brower

Angela Brower

Nicklausse / La Muse

Ulrich Reß

Spalanzani

Dean Power

Nathanaël

Tim Kuypers

Hermann

Christian Rieger

Schlémil

Andrew Owens

Wilhelm

Christoph Stephinger

Crespel / Luther

Recommended

No Image

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

10.0
2002
Movie

Cartoon Network holds an awards show awarding cartoon excellence.

The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

2002
10.0
Night of the Demons

Night of the Demons

5.1
2009
Movie

Angela is throwing a decadent Halloween party at New Orleans' infamous Broussard Mansion. But after the police break up the festivities, Maddie and a few friends stay behind. Trapped inside the locked mansion gates, the remaining guests uncover a horrifying secret and soon fall victim to seven vicious, blood-thirsty demons.

Night of the Demons

2009
5.1
Doctor Who: Time Crash

Doctor Who: Time Crash

7.7
2007
Movie

After Martha Jones parts company with the Doctor, his TARDIS collides with another, and he comes face to face with one of his previous incarnations.

Doctor Who: Time Crash

2007
7.7
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

7.1
2009
Movie

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2009
7.1
Men

Men

7.2
1924
Movie

Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into coming to Paris to take dancing lessons, but instead she is taken to a baron, who betrays her. In spite of this inauspicious start, Cleo becomes a successful and renowned actress, but her feelings about men have never recovered. She loathes them and uses them only for the money they offer her, which she then hands over to a penniless girl.

Men

1924
7.2
Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru!

Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru!

7.3
2011
Movie

Naruto faces off against his old pupil Konohamaru in a tournament during the chuunin entrance exams.

Naruto OVA 9: Chunin Exam on Fire! and Naruto vs. Konohamaru!

2011
7.3
Re-Elected

Re-Elected

6.9
2020
Movie

Friends battle former U.S. presidents when they come back from the dead as zombies on the Fourth of July.

Re-Elected

2020
6.9
The Outsider

The Outsider

7.0
2016
Movie

A drama about the less known aspects of the trading activity inside one of the biggest banks in the world - Société Générale. The movie tracks the rise and fall of anonymous trader turned superstar turned escape goat - Jérôme Kerviel - just as the 2008 financial crisis was unfolding

The Outsider

2016
7.0
Taxi 3

Taxi 3

5.8
2003
Movie

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.

Taxi 3

2003
5.8
Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries

Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries

9.1
1999
Movie

SCOOBY-DOO fans have spoken! 4 of SCOOBY-DOO'S most popular mysteries - selected by the fans themselves - are now available in this fun DVD. Watch as Scooby-Doo gets into a mixed-up mystery when he unexpectedly meets the seaweed-covered ghost of Captain Cutler in "A Clue for Scooby-Doo!" Next, see the seafaring sleuths collide with a mystery ship and try to uncover clues to a vanished crew in "Hassle in the Castle!" Then, follow Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang as they outwit a bank robber in "Jeepers, It's the Creeper!" And finally, see them take to the stage to crack some crazy capers in "The Backstage Rage."

Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries

1999
9.1
Star

Star

6.9
2001
Movie

The Driver now carries an arrogant rock star who is visiting a major city. Played by Madonna, this title character wants to get away from her bodyguards in the Driver's BMW. He soon gets tired of her and decides to have a bit of fun.

Star

2001
6.9
Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

7.6
2016
Movie

When Scooby and Mystery Inc. visit an off-road racing competition, it's not long before strange events start to occur. A mysterious phantom racer, known only as Inferno, is causing chaos and is determined to sabotage the race. It's up to Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and their new driving partner, The Undertaker, to save the race and solve the mystery.

Scooby-Doo! and WWE: Curse of the Speed Demon

2016
7.6

Similar Movies

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

7.2
2003
Movie

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003
7.2
No Image

Beauty

2018
Movie

Set in 1934, a black woman with mysterious abilities interviews to be the housekeeper to an eccentric white widow, but in order to get the job she must use her abilities in a way she didn't intend.

Beauty

2018
Set Fire to the Stars

Set Fire to the Stars

5.6
2014
Movie

An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.

Set Fire to the Stars

2014
5.6
DragonHeart

DragonHeart

6.5
1996
Movie

In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dragon on Earth, Draco. Taking up arms to suppress a tyrant king, Bowen soon realizes his task will be harder than he'd imagined: If he kills the king, Draco will die as well.

DragonHeart

1996
6.5
Narcissus and Psyche

Narcissus and Psyche

6.1
1980
Movie

Narcisus and Psyche is based on a novel by Sandor Weores which was adapted by Vilmos Csaplar and director Gabor Body for a feature-length film. Borrowing the character of Psyche from mythology and placing her in Europe in the 19th century, the authors give her a "modern" life. She is an attractive young woman - and remains so throughout the film, in spite of one hardship after another. Psyche is libidinous, and her prurient interests shock her staid contemporaries.

Narcissus and Psyche

1980
6.1
The Covenant

The Covenant

5.6
2006
Movie

Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.

The Covenant

2006
5.6
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

4.5
1997
Movie

A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord bent on taking control of Earth.

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997
4.5
Apocalypse Now Now

Apocalypse Now Now

7.3
2017
Movie

Snarky, monster-porn-dealing teen, Baxter Zevcenko, might be a serial killer. His girlfriend, Esme, is missing, and he’s the prime suspect. To clear his name, he’ll turn to Cape Town’s grizzliest, drunkest bounty hunter, Jackson ‘Jackie’ Ronin. Little does he know that Ronin is a supernatural bounty-hunter, and that he’s about to be dragged headlong into a deep, dark Cape Town underbelly full of monsters and myth, shadowy government forces, bloodthirsty crow-men and a conspiracy across time and space.

Apocalypse Now Now

2017
7.3
History of Philosophy

History of Philosophy

6.0
1937
Movie

A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.

History of Philosophy

1937
6.0
A Story of Love and Honor

A Story of Love and Honor

5.0
1978
Movie

A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as well as economic, political, and social hypocrisy. Two extraordinary but lonely artists share a passionate love, as evidenced by the preserved letters that they exchanged.

A Story of Love and Honor

1978
5.0
La sirena negra

La sirena negra

4.0
1948
Movie

No overview available.

La sirena negra

1948
4.0
The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides

6.6
1991
Movie

A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.

The Prince of Tides

1991
6.6