Nights of Farewell
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.
Casts & Crew
Gilles Ségal
Oleg Strizhenov
Jacques Ferrière
Natalya Velichko
Nikolai Cherkasov
Nikolay Trofimov
Gennadi Nilov
Alla Larionova
Vladislav Strzhelchik
Yelena Sokolova
Pierre Bertin
Alexandre Rignault
Viviane Gosset
Sabine Lods
Nathalie Nort
Caroline Cler
Jean Moussy
Jean Houbé
Vladimir Yemelyanov
Olga Zhadina
Nikolay Kuzmin
Tatyana Piletskaya
Sergei Polezhayev
Mikhail Vasilyev
Marianna Strizhenova
Violetta Khusnulova
Tamara Timofeeva
Stanislav Fesyunov
Also Directed by Jean Dréville
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Directed by Jean Dréville.
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