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The Tales of Hoffmann (UK)
A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is really a mechanical woman designed by a scientist. Next, he believes that a striking prostitute loves him, only to find out she was hired to fake her aff...
1951-04-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/44334
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