Stars of the Russian Ballet

Stars of the Russian Ballet
Film poster
Directed by Gerbert Rappaport
Starring Galina Ulanova
Konstantin Sergeyev
Natalya Dudinskaya
Cinematography Semyon Ivanov
Edited by M. Bernatsky
D. Lander
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
Running time
 80 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Stars of the Russian Ballet (Russian: Мастера русского балета, translit. Mastera russkogo baleta) is a 1953 Soviet ballet film trilogy, featuring an abridged version of "Swan Lake" and two original short ballet pieces for the film, "Fountain of Bakhchisarai" and "Flames of Paris". The film headlined world-renowned ballerinas Maya Plisetskaya and Galina Ulanova, and was directed by Gerbert Rappaport. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Galina Ulanova as Maris (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
  • Konstantin Sergeyev as The Prince (segment "Swan Lake")
  • Natalya Dudinskaya as Odille, the black swan (segment "Swan Lake")
  • V. Bakanov as The Evil Wizard (segment "Swan Lake")
  • Pyotr Gussyev as Girzi (segment "Fountain of Bakhchisarai")
  • Maya Plisetskaya as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
  • Yuri Zhdanov as Vaclav (segment "Fountain of Bakhchisarai")
  • Vakhtang Chabukiani as Philippe (segment "The Flames of Paris")
  • Muza Gotlib as Jeanne (segment "Flames of Paris")

References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Stars of the Russian Ballet". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
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