CFF: The Tales of Hoffman

Powell and Pressburger’s vivid, operatic masterpiece, The Tales of Hoffman, tells the story of the loves and losses of unlucky student Hoffman.

Despite dividing critics upon its release, the picture nevertheless won the Silver Bear at Berlin. Powell and Pressburger also gained the approval of Cecil B. DeMille, who declared, ‘For the first time in my life I was treated to Grand Opera where the beauty, power and scope of the music was equally matched with the visual presentation’.

Reuniting much of the team behind their well-loved classic, The Red Shoes, this is a cinematic spectacle which needs to be enjoyed on the big screen "As a work of pure, imaginative cinema, it comes close to genius" - Tom Huddleston, Time Out.

The Cambridge Film Festival is presented by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity with a mission to foster film culture and education for the benefit of the public, in Cambridge, the Eastern region, and throughout the UK.