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Status
Released
Release
1965
Runtime
1h 31m
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Paris, the middle of the XIX century. Young Marius Petipa is going on a long journey to St. Petersburg, where he is invited to become the first dancer. He doesn't know that his life will develop both happily and dramatically, and his work will be the glory and pride of Russian ballet.
29 Cast Members
Gilles Ségal
Marius Petipa
Oleg Strizhenov
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Jacques Ferrière
Anton Minkh
Natalya Velichko
Mashenka Surovshchikova-Petipa
Nikolai Cherkasov
Gedeonov
Nikolay Trofimov
Petrov
Gennadiy Nilov
Lev Ivanov
Alla Larionova
Lyubov Leonidovna
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Nicholas I of Russia
Yelena Sokolova
Katenka
Pierre Bertin
Petipa's Father
Alexandre Rignault
Bigornet
Viviane Gosset
Petipa's Mother
Sabine Lods
Katerina Petipa
Nathalie Nort
Denise
Caroline Cler
Singer
Jean Moussy
Lucien Petipa
Jean Houbé
Antoine
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Ivan Vsevolozhsky
Olga Zhadina
Masha Surovshchikova (12 y.o)
