The Tales of Hoffmann

Adapted from the opera by Jacques Offenbach, the sumptuous The Tales of Hoffmann stars Moira Shearer as the ballerina who drives E. T. A. Hoffmann (Robert Rounseville) to drink and to recount three tales of lost love for his bar mates. Presented in a stunning 4K restoration from the original three-strip Technicolor negative that was supervised by Thelma Schoonmaker, longtime editor for Martin Scorsese and Michael Powell’s widow. (133 mins., 4K DCP)

Restored by The Film Foundation, in association with the BFI and STUDIOCANAL.

Restoration funding provided by The Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique partnership between the Directors Guild of America (DGA); the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA); the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (SACEM); and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW), The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the Louis B. Mayer Foundation and The Film Foundation.