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Nights of Farewell

30 %|Nov 16, 1965|History, Drama, Music

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.

Featured Crew

Jean Dréville
Director
Isaak Menaker
Director
Yevgenia Slovtsova
Costume Design
Pierre Guilbert
Novel
Aleksandr Galich
Writer
Isaak Kaplan
Production Design
Paul Andréota
Writer
Nadezhda Simonyan
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Gilles Ségal
Marius Petipa
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Oleg Strizhenov
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
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Natalya Velichko
Mashenka Surovshchikova-Petipa
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Gennadi Nilov
Lev Ivanov
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Alla Larionova
Lyubov Leonidovna
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Vladislav Strzhelchik
Nicholas I of Russia
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Pierre Bertin
Petipa's Father
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Viviane Gosset
Petipa's Mother
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Sabine Lods
Katerina Petipa
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Jean Moussy
Lucien Petipa
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Vladimir Yemelyanov
Ivan Vsevolozhsky
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Olga Zhadina
Masha Surovshchikova (12 y.o)
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Marianna Strizhenova
Gedeonov's Wife
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Tamara Timofeeva
Wardrobe Mistress