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.
Cast
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)
Nikolay Kuzmin
Teamster
Tatyana Piletskaya
Teacher
Sergey Polezhaev
Officer
Mikhail Vasilyev
Doorman
Marianna Strizhenova
Gedeonov's Wife
Violetta Khusnulova
Masha
Tamara Timofeeva
Wardrobe Mistress
Stanislav Fesyunov
Priest
Yuri Lavrov
Unknown
Crew
Jean Dréville
Director
Paul Andréota
Writer
Aleksandr Galich
Writer
Pierre Guilbert
Novel
Mariya Pen
Editor
Michel Kelber
Director of Photography
Konstantin Ryzhov
Director of Photography
I. Ivanov
First Assistant Director
V. Kravchenko
First Assistant Director
Antonina Marnova
Second Assistant Director
Louis Pascal
Second Assistant Director
Isaak Menaker
Assistant Director
Pyotr Sviridov
Executive Producer
Alexandre Kamenka
Producer
Isaak Kaplan
Production Design
K. Polukhin
Camera Operator
Yevgenia Slovtsova
Costume Design
Vasiliy Ulyanov
Makeup Artist
Nina Skvortsova
Makeup Artist
Grigori Elbert
Sound Director
Boris Mikhaylov
VFX Artist
Aleksandr Zavyalov
VFX Director of Photography
Georgiy Senotov
VFX Director of Photography
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Music
Nadezhda Simonyan
Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music
Mikhail Glinka
Music
Cesare Pugni
Music
Ye. Yakuba
Set Decoration
Alexandre Hinkis
Set Decoration
Igor Belsky
Choreographer
Tatyana Bruni
Assistant Production Design
Viktor Fedotov
Conductor
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