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Ballerinas Drama Ballet companies Drama Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) 1776-1822 Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) 1776-1822 Drama Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) 1776-1822 Film adaptations Love Love Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Poets Poets DramaFilter By Authors
Shearer, MoiraSummary: After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Hoffmann is a lovelorn young man in Nuremberg who is watching his latest love, Stella, dance in the ballet. In the interval he goes to the tavern where he tells his friends the tales of the three major loves of his life.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2009
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA TALSummary: Powell and Pressburger merge film with opera and dance to tell the tale of a poet who dreams of three women who all break his heart. He tells "the three tales of my folly of love"--In Paris, when he fancied himself in love with Olympia, who turned out to be a life-sized doll; in Venice, when bewitched by a beautiful courtesan; and on a Grecian isle, in love with daughter of a singer and conductor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005
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Summary: A rising star ballerina is torn between an idealistic composer who she loves and a perfectionist impresario to whom she owes her career.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2010