Heavenly Swallows

Heavenly Swallows (Russian: Небесные ласточки, romanized: Nebesnye lastochki) is a 1976 Soviet two-part musical-comedy television film directed by Leonid Kvinikhidze, based on the vaudeville-opérette Mam'zelle Nitouche.[1]

Heavenly Swallows
Directed byLeonid Kvinikhidze
Written byLeonid Kvinikhidze
StarringIa Ninidze
Andrei Mironov
Irina Gubanova
Lyudmila Gurchenko
Music byViktor Lebedev
CinematographyNikolai Zhilin
Production
company
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
126 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Cast

Lead roles
  • Ia Ninidze - Denise de Florigny, she is also Mademoiselle Nituş (she sounded the role and sings - Elena Driatskaya)
  • Andrei Mironov - Celestin, who is also Floridor
  • Irina Gubanova - Caroline, abbess of the boarding house of noble maidens "Celestial Swallows"
  • Lyudmila Gurchenko - Korina "Coco", prima
  • Sergei Zakharov - Fernand Shamplatra, lieutenant (Oleg Basilashvili voiced the role)
  • Alexander Schirvindt - Alfred Château-Gibus, major, brother of the prioress of Carolina

Supporting roles
  • Era Ziganshina - Ursula
  • Gelena Ivliev - Henrietta
  • Boris Leskin - Gustav Cristo, the captain
  • Eugene Shpitko - Michel Gutier, Captain
  • Ilya Rakhlin - director of the theater-variety show (Vladimir Tatosov was the voice)
  • Nonna Dzneladze is the wife of the director of the theater
  • Antonina Aksenova - Sylvia, actress variety show, girlfriend "Coco"
  • Lyudmila Davydova - Lydia
  • The Ballet Ensemble of the Leningrad State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. S. M. Kirova
  • The Ballet Ensemble of the Leningrad State Theater of Musical Comedy
  • Leningrad State Music Hall
    • Artistic director - Ilya Rakhlin

Production

Principal photography took place in Crimea – in Yalta and Alupka. Most of the interiors were shot at the Lenfilm pavilions, some episodes were filmed at the Vorontsov Palace.[2][3]

References
  1. "Небесные ласточки". Russia-1.
  2. ""Небесные ласточки": пансион в Алупкинском дворце и Миронов в "Артеке"". RIA Novosti.
  3. "Небесные ласточки". VokrugTV.

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