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.
Cast
Moira Shearer
Stella / Olympia
Ludmilla Tchérina
Giulietta
Pamela Brown
Niklaus
Léonide Massine
Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz
Ann Ayars
Antonia
Robert Helpmann
Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
Frederick Ashton
Kleinsach / Cochenille
Robert Rounseville
Hoffmann
Mogens Wieth
Crespel
Lionel Harris
Pitichinaccio
Philip Leaver
Andrés
Meinhart Maur
Luther
Edmond Audran
Partner to Stella in Dragonfly Ballet
Sir Thomas Beecham
Self - Conductor (uncredited)
Alan Carter
Casher (Act 1) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Christie
Corps de Ballet (uncredited)
John Ford
Nathanaël (uncredited)
Richard Golding
Hermann - Prologue and Epilogue (uncredited)
Lillemor Knudsen
Dancer (uncredited)
Barry Lowe
Student (uncredited)
Arthur Skinner
Man in Background (uncredited)
Crew
Michael Powell
Director, Writer, Producer
Emeric Pressburger
Director, Writer, Producer
Dennis Arundell
Writer
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Story
Reginald Mills
Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Sydney Streeter
Assistant Director
Hein Heckroth
Production Design, Costume Design
Freddie Francis
Camera Operator
Ivy Baker
Costume Design
Joe Shear
Hairstylist
Connie Reeve
Makeup Artist
Ted Drake
Sound
John Cox
Sound
Jacques Offenbach
Original Music Composer
Bernard Sarron
Set Dresser
Frederick Ashton
Choreographer
Charles Orme
Unit Production Manager
Jules Barbier
Original Story
Michel Carré
Original Story
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conductor
Arthur Lawson
Art Direction
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