Stars of the Russian Ballet
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Stars of the Russian Ballet is a 1953 Soviet musical film
directed by Gerbert Rappaport. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival
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Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
directed by Gerbert Rappaport. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival
1954 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Jean Cocteau *Jean Aurenche *André Bazin *Luis Buñuel*Henri Calef *Guy Desson *Philippe Erlanger *Michel Fourre-Cormeray *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais...
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Cast
- Galina UlanovaGalina UlanovaGalina Sergeyevna Ulánova is frequently cited as being one of the greatest 20th Century ballerinas. Her flat in Moscow is designated a national museum, and there are monuments to her in Saint Petersburg and Stockholm....
- Maris (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai") - Konstantin Sergeyev - The Prince (segment "Swan Lake")
- Natalya Dudinskaya - Odille, the black swan (segment "Swan Lake")
- V. Bakanov - The Evil Wizard (segment "Swan Lake")
- Pyotr Gussyev - Girzi (segment "Fountain of Bakhchisarai")
- Maya PlisetskayaMaya PlisetskayaMaya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya , born is a Russian ballet dancer, frequently cited as one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Maya danced during the Soviet era at the same time as the great Galina Ulanova, and took over from her as prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi in 1960...
- Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai") - Yuri ZhdanovYuri ZhdanovYuri Andreyevich Zhdanov was a Russian chemistry professor and rector of the University of Rostov. He was the son of Soviet politician Andrei Zhdanov and a former husband of Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva....
- Vaclav (segment "Fountain of Bakhchisarai") - Vakhtang ChabukianiVakhtang ChabukianiVakhtang Chabukiani was a Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher highly regarded in his native country as well as abroad. He is considered to be one of the most influential male ballet dancers in history, and is noted for creating the majority of the choreography of the male variations...
- Philippe (segment "The Flames of Paris") - Muza Gotlib - Jeanne (segment "Flames of Paris")