Kleinsach / Cochenille — The Tales of Hoffmann Character Profile

About Kleinsach / Cochenille

A clown whose story Hoffmann recounts while drinking at the tavern during the intermission in the prologue.

Character Facts

Played by

Frederick Ashton

Appears in

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

Role

Supporting

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• Stella / Olympia (Moira Shearer)
• Giulietta (Ludmilla Tchérina)
• Niklaus (Pamela Brown)
• Lindorf / Coppelius / Dapertutto / Dr. Miracle (Robert Helpmann)
• Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz (Léonide Massine)
• Antonia (Ann Ayars)
• Andrés (Philip Leaver)
• Crespel (Mogens Wieth)
• Hoffmann (Robert Rounseville)
• Pitichinaccio (Lionel Harris)
• Dancer (uncredited) (Lillemor Knudsen)
• Hermann - Prologue and Epilogue (uncredited) (Richard Golding)