The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · Cinematography by Christopher Challis
Approved128 min64 frames
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The Tales of Hoffmann — official trailer
What is The Tales of Hoffmann about?
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.
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What does the cinematography of The Tales of Hoffmann look like?
Across 64 sampled frames, The Tales of Hoffmann builds its coverage from full-body frames (30% of the sample), with wide compositions (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Christopher Challis keeps 55% of it in soft, low-key light. 59% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 64% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The Tales of Hoffmann?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) are #0e0b0b, #f5f4f1, #302c2d, #4d362e, #2c1917, #d2af72 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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