Film

Les Contes D'Hoffmann 2008

171 min Music

Among DVDs of "Hoffmann" currently available, this is the only one that even begins to stand comparison with the superlative Powell and Pressburger film (whose ideas it occasionally borrows). Olivier Py's baroque imagination, which sometimes leads him into self-indulgence and incoherence, is well suited to bringing out this opera's darkness and he does an excellent job

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Cast

  • Marc Laho as Hoffmann
  • Stella Doufexis as La Muse / Nicklausse
  • Nicolas Cavallier as Lindorf / Coppélius / Miracle / Dapertutto
  • Eric Huchet as Andrès / Cochenille / Frantz / Pittichinaccio
  • Patricia Petibon as Olympia
  • Rachel Harnisch as Antonia

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