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.
Stella / Olympia
Moira Shearer
Giulietta
Ludmilla Tchérina
Niklaus
Pamela Brown
Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz
Léonide Massine
Antonia
Ann Ayars
Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle
Robert Helpmann
Kleinsach / Cochenille
Frederick Ashton
Hoffmann
Robert Rounseville
Crespel
Mogens Wieth
Pitichinaccio
Lionel Harris
Andrés
Philip Leaver
Luther
Meinhart Maur
Partner to Stella in Dragonfly Ballet
Edmond Audran
Self - Conductor (uncredited)
Sir Thomas Beecham
Casher (Act 1) (uncredited)
Alan Carter
Corps de Ballet (uncredited)
Elizabeth Christie
Nathanaël (uncredited)
John Ford
Hermann - Prologue and Epilogue (uncredited)
Richard Golding
Dancer (uncredited)
Lillemor Knudsen
Student (uncredited)
Barry Lowe
Man in Background (uncredited)
Arthur Skinner