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The Tales of Helpmann

  • 1990
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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The Tales of Helpmann (1990)
Music DocumentaryBiographyDocumentaryMusic

Explores the early life and work of Robert Helpmann. Protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn's first partner, his career encompassed work as an actor, choreographer, theatre director and film star.Explores the early life and work of Robert Helpmann. Protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn's first partner, his career encompassed work as an actor, choreographer, theatre director and film star.Explores the early life and work of Robert Helpmann. Protege of Pavlova and Fonteyn's first partner, his career encompassed work as an actor, choreographer, theatre director and film star.

  • Director
    • Don Featherstone
  • Stars
    • Robert Helpmann
    • Frederick Ashton
    • Ninette de Valois
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    26
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Don Featherstone
    • Stars
      • Robert Helpmann
      • Frederick Ashton
      • Ninette de Valois
    • 1User review
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    Robert Helpmann
    Robert Helpmann
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Frederick Ashton
    Frederick Ashton
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ninette de Valois
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Margot Fonteyn
    Margot Fonteyn
    • Self
    Stewart Granger
    Stewart Granger
    • Self
    Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Vivien Leigh
    Vivien Leigh
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Alicia Markova
    Alicia Markova
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Keith Michell
    Keith Michell
    • Self
    Rudolf Nureyev
    Rudolf Nureyev
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Laurence Olivier
    Laurence Olivier
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Margaret Rawlings
    Margaret Rawlings
    • Self
    Moira Shearer
    Moira Shearer
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Michael Benthall
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Don Featherstone
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    • Trivia
      This documentary's title is a play on words on the opera title "Tales of Hoffmann" by E.T.A. Hoffmann and libretto by Jules Barbier. [For filmed versions, see: Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1911); The Tales of Hoffmann (1951); Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) (1981); Some Tales of Hoffmann (1993) and Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1923); Les contes d'Hoffmann (2003) ]. Robert Helpmann himself appeared as Lindorf, Coppelius, Dapertutto and Dr Miracle in The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

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    • Countries of origin
      • Australia
      • Canada
      • New Zealand
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
      • Don Featherstone Productions
      • Primetime Television Associates
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    • Runtime
      • 50m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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