During 1975, Tarkovsky also worked on the screenplay Hoffmanniana, about the German writer and poet E. T. A. Hoffmann.
dˈʊɹɹɪŋ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈaɪv, tɑːɹkˈɑːvski ˈɔːlsoʊ wˈɜːkt ɔnðə skɹˈiːnpleɪ hˌɑːfmɐniˈɑːnə, ɐbˌaʊt ðə dʒˈɜːmən ɹˈaɪɾɚ ænd pˈoʊɪt ˈiː. tˈiː. ˈeɪ. hˈɑːfmən.