Released:
1965-11-16

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Isaak Menaker, Jean Dréville

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
History, Drama, Music

• Cast:
• 
  Gilles Ségal
  as
  Marius Petipa
• 
  Oleg Strizhenov
  as
  Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
• 
  Jacques Ferrière
  as
  Anton Minkh
• 
  Natalya Velichko
  as
  Mashenka Surovshchikova-Petipa
• 
  Nikolai Cherkasov
  as
  Gedeonov