Pyotr Tchaikovsky Filmography

Nutcracker

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Actors: Damian Smith, Elizabeth Powell, Davit Karapetyan, David Arce, Yuan Yuan Tan

Synopsis: The San Francisco Ballet mounted this elaborate 2008 production of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's 1892 Nutcracker, with choreography by Helgi Tomasson (the said company's resident artistic director) and scenic design by Michael Yeargan. Uniquely, this production sets the fantastic events of the ballet Read More

Kurt Masur: A Life in Music - The Anniversary Gala from Leipzig

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Actors: Kurt Masur, Harald Schmidt

Synopsis: The performance release Kurt Masur: A Life in Music - The Anniversary Gala from Leipzig finds noted European conductor Masur leading the MDR Radio Choir and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig symphony in renditions of works by Moniuszko, Dvorak, Dukas, Bizet and other composers. ~ Nathan Southern Read More

Tchaikovsky Gala

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Actors: Polina Seminova, Roberto Bolle, Maurizio Licitra, Rothbart Ghisteni

Synopsis: This ballet DVD captures a tribute to the work of Tchaikovsky that includes selections from Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and Nutcracker. Among the famous dancers who perform are Nadja Saidakova, Antonio Sutera, and Polina Semionva. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Eugene Onegin

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Actors: Renée Fleming, Elena Zaremba

Synopsis: This production of Tchaikovsky's celebrated opera Eugene Onegin features Reneee Fleming, Elena Zaremba, and Svetlana Volkova, and Ramon Vargas. Valery Gergiev conducts the orchestra, and dance legend Mikhail Baryshnikov hosts the entire program that appeared originally on Great Performances at the Read More

The Grand Organ of Liverpool Cathedral

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Actors: Ian Tracey

The Sleeping Beauty (Royal Ballet)

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Actors: Alina Cojocaru, Federico Bonelli, Marianela Nuñez, Genesia Rosato, Christopher Saunders

Synopsis: Working in conjunction with the BBC, The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London mounted this production of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's ballet Sleeping Beauty, starring Alina Cojucaru as Princess Aurora, Federico Bonelli as Prince Florimund and Marianela Nunez as The Lilac Fairy, all of The Read More

Bergman Complete

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Actors: Ingmar Bergman, Erland Josephson, Marie Nyreroed

Synopsis: After achieving international recognition in the 1950's with such films as Det Sjunde Inseglet (aka The Seventh Seal), Smultronstället (aka Wild Strawberries) and Sommarnattens Leende (aka Smiles of a Summer Night), Ingmar Berman became one of the world's best known filmmakers for his emotionally Read More

Swan Lake

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Actors: Agnès Letestu, José Martinez, Karl Paquette, Paris Opera Ballet

Synopsis: Choreographed by the legendary Rudolf Nureyev, this production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake features Karl Paquette dancing one of the main parts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Swan Lake (American Ballet Theatre)

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Actors: Gillian Murphy, Angel Corella

Synopsis: Kevin McKenzie's spectacular Kennedy Center Opera House production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake arrives on home video in this release from Image Entertainment. Starring Gillian Murphy and Angel Corella and featuring Ormsby Williams conducting the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, this production Read More

Notre Musique

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Actors: Sarah Adler, Nade Dieu, Jean-Luc Godard, Ronny Kramer, Georges Aguilar

Synopsis: Legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard once again poses a number of provocative questions about art, politics, and the nexus point between them in this drama in three acts, "Hell," "Purgatory," and "Paradise." After a collage of film clips illustrate a meditation on the nature of war and Read More

Piano Trios: Live From the Miami International Piano Festival

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Russian Ark

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Actors: Sergei Dreiden, Maria Kuznetsova, Leonid Mozgovoy, David Giorgobiani, Alexandr Chaban

Synopsis: Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russian Ark. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take (on digital video, using a specially designed disc instead of tape). Russian Ark is shot from the Read More

Nutcracker (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)

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Synopsis: Piotr Il'yich Tchaikovski's The Nutcracker comes to life in this production featuring libretto by E.T.A. Hoffmann, choreography and staging by Patrice Bart, and starring Nadja Saidakova as Mary, Vladamir Malakhov as La Prince Casse Noisette, and Oliver Matz as Drosselmeyer. Daniel Barenboim Read More

The Nutcracker

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Synopsis: The classic holiday story of The Nutcracker comes to life, live on stage in this performance filmed in Paris, France. Under the direction of Ross MacGibbon, Maurice Bejart's The Nutcracker is performed by the renowned Bejart Ballet Laussane featuring Damaas Thijs and Elisabet Ros, with music by Read More

The Nutcracker (Royal Ballet, Covent Garden)

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Actors: Anthony Dowell

Synopsis: BBC Opus Arte presents Tchaikovsky's holiday classic The Nutcracker, performed by the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden. Score performed by the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, under the direction of conductor Evgenii Svetlanov. Starring Sir Anthony Dowell as Drosselmeyer. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Read More

Onegin

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Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey, Martin Donovan

Synopsis: Another member of the Fiennes family leaves a mark in the film business, as Martha Fiennes makes her big-screen directorial debut with a screen adaptation of the verse novel by Aleksander Pushkin, with her big brother Ralph Fiennes in the leading role. Onegin (Fiennes) is a blase man who has grown Read More

The Sleeping Beauty (Cullberg Ballet)

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Actors: Vanessa De Ligniere, Gamal Gouda, Gunilla Hammar

Synopsis: Choreographer Mats Ek has given one of the world's most beloved fairy tales a bold new look in this video adaptation of Tchaikovsky's classic ballet. Updated by the Cullberg Ballet to the second half of the 20th century, Sleeping Beauty recasts the lead, Aurora (Vanessa De Ligniere), as a Read More

Eugene Onegin

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Synopsis: The European Union Opera officially lifts the stage curtain with this inaugural performance of Eugene Onegin, staged by Nikolaus Lehnhoff and featuring Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducting the Orchestra and Chorus of the European Union Opera. Vladimir Glushchak stars in the title role, and Ineke Read More

Bavarian State Ballet: Concertante / Black Cake - Two Ballets By Hans van Manen

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Actors: Bavarian State Ballet

Synopsis: The home release Concertante/Black Cake features two ballets staged by noted modern choreographer Hans van Manen - Concertante and Black Cake - performed and filmed in a studio setting, at the Prinzregententheater in Munich by two largely separate casts. Franz Martin penned the score of Read More

Nutcracker: The Untold Story

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The IMAX Nutcracker

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Actors: Miriam Margolyes, Heathcote Williams, Lotte Johnson, Benjamin Hall, Harriet Thorpe

Synopsis: This 37-minute 3-D Imax film adaptation from E.T.A. Hoffman's story is a straight narrative fantasy rather than a ballet. Little Clara (Lotte Johnson) receives a Christmas gift of a nutcracker doll and that night witnesses toys expanding in size and coming to life. The Nutcracker Prince takes Read More

Mazeppa

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Actors: Nikolai Putilin, Sergei Aleksashkin, Larissa Diadkova

Synopsis: Tchaikovsky's operatic adaptation of Pushkin's historical take on the legendary Cossack chieftain is staged by the Kirov Opera and Ballet in this release of a 1996 performance directed by Valery Gergiev. Nikolai Putilin, Sergei Aleksashkin, and Larissa Diadkova lead and all-Russian cast, and Read More

Valery Gergiev: Swan Lake

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Actors: Ulyana Lopatkina, Danila Korsuntsev, Alexandra Gronskaya, Pyotr Stasiunas, Andrei Ivanov

Synopsis: This rendition of Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky's seminal ballet Swan Lake features dancers Ulyana Lopatkina and Danila Korsuntsev; it was staged and filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, under the baton of Valery Gergiev, provides musical Read More

The Nutcracker

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Swan Lake

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Synopsis: Director and choreographer Matthew Bourne's acclaimed and groundbreaking production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake (which advances the story into the present day and features a supporting cast of male swans) is preserved in this home video release, which records the production with its original Read More

Nutcracker on Ice

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Synopsis: Two of the world's most gifted figure skaters, Oksana Baiul and Viktor Petrenko, star in this special adaptation of one of the world's best loved ballets, with new skating choreography wedded to the music of Tchaikovsky. Nutcracker on Ice also features Paul Guerrero and Rory Flack Burghart; the Read More

Venus in Furs

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Actors: Anne van de Ven, Andre Arend van Noord, Raymond Thiry, Hilt de Vos, Claire Mijnals

Synopsis: This Dutch film, based upon the classic 19th century S&M novel, chronicles the relationship between a dominatrix and her slave. Much of the soundtrack includes works by Mahler and Tchaikovsky. Wanda has a number of sado-masochistic encounters with Severin in a variety of locations including a Read More

Nutcracker: The Story of Clara

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Actors: Vicki Attard, Margaret Scott, Siobhan Elsmann, Steven Heathcote, David McAllister

Synopsis: The Australian Ballet Company mounted this loose adaptation of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker in 1994. In lieu of the traditional narrative associated with that ballet, this version relays the historical tale of a Russian ballerina named Clara (played by three performers - Vicki Read More

The Nutcracker

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Actors: Miyako Yoshida, Irek Mukhamedov, Sandra Madgwick, Joseph Cipolla

Synopsis: Peter Wright mounted this special 1994 stage production of Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker at The Birmingham Royal Ballet in Birmingham, England. As choreographed by Wright, Lev Ivanov and Vincent Redmon, it stars Miyako Yoshida as The Sugar Plum Fairy, Irek Mukhamedov as The Read More

Eugene Onegin

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Synopsis: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski's elaborate adaptation of Aleksandr Pushkin's passionate and tragic tale is performed before a live audience at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in a production featuring libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky and directed by Graham Vick. Conductor Andrew Davis leads the London Read More

Shakespeare Dance Trilogy: Stars of the Kirov Ballet

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Synopsis: Shakespeare Dance Trilogy: Stars of the Kirov Ballet presents a trio of enduring dramas written in the 16th century by England's greatest poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. The plays Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Othello are reinterpreted by leading soloists of the famous Kirov Ballet of Read More

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

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Actors: Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel, Kyra Nichols, Bart Robinson Cook, Macaulay Culkin

Synopsis: Director Emile Ardolino's final film brings to the screen George Balanchine's famed ballet of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Balanchine's choreography has been restaged by the New York City Ballet under the direction of Peter Martins and features dancers Darci Kistler and Damian Woetzel as the Read More

The Swan Lake Story: A Dance Fantasy

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Synopsis: As an old man tells his granddaughter the tale of Swan Lake, the story comes magically to life, through song and dance provided by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Oregon State Ballet. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

Mark Morris Dance Group: Hard Nut

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Actors: Clarice Marshall, Marianne Moore, Tina Fehlandt, Barry Alterman, Peter Wing Healy

Synopsis: Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Ballet" is given a modern treatment by choreographer Mark Morris. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Swan Lake

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Actors: Nina Ananiashvili, Alexei Fadeyechev, Sergei Zagorulko, Andrei Shcherbinin, Vera Sokolovskaya

Synopsis: In her first full-length ballet video, Nina Ananiashvili plays the dual role of Odette/Odile in Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake. The story follows Prince Siegfried's (Aleksei Fadeyetchev) quest to choose a bride while the sorcerer Von Rotbart (Sergei Zagorulko) complicates matters. Performed by the Read More

Swan Lake (Kirov Ballet)

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Synopsis: The time-worn tale of the most frequently revived of all ballets - Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky's 1877 Swan Lake - is by now intrinsically familiar: how the young Prince Siegfried encounters enduring love on a birthday hunting trip when he catches a glimpse of a swan transforming itself into the maiden Read More

Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video: Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4

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Synopsis: From Sony Classics comes another entry in the Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy series. Each program presents viewers with one of the many performances by legendary conductor, Herbert Von Karajan, whose music career spanned more than fifty years. Herbert Von Karajan - His Legacy for Home Video Read More

The Nutcracker

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Synopsis: Enjoy this classic Christmas ballet set to the music by Tchaikovsky and performed by The Berlin Symphony Orchestra. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Pique Dame

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Synopsis: Tchaikovsky's opera about a man's desire to learn the secret of the three enchanted cards that will allow him to always win at the gaming tables -- and how it brings him to grief -- comes to life in this distinctive production staged by director Graham Vick with The Glyndebourne Festival Opera Read More

Pique Dame

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Actors: Olga Borodina, Gegam Grigorian

Synopsis: Enjoy Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" as performed by the Kirov Orchestra, Opera Chorus and Ballet with Gegam Grigorian, Maria Gulegina, Olga Borodina and Alexander Gergalov as conducted by Valery Gergiev. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Nutcracker: A Christmas Story

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Actors: Marc Wenke, Tero Julku, Joyce Cuoco, Paul Boyd

Pique Dame

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The Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 6

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Actors: Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Synopsis: In this classical concert film, Russian maestro Vladimir Fedoseyev conducts The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74, "Pathetique." The program also features concert pianist Mikhail Pletnev interpreting the composer's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Serenade Read More

Solti: Orchestra!

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Actors: Dudley Moore, Sir Georg Solti

The Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 5

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Actors: Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Fedoseyev

Synopsis: The classical music concert film The Tchaikovsky Cycle, Vol. 5 consists of a performance of Russian romantic composer Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor Op. 64. The work is interpreted by The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Fedoseyev. ~ Nathan Read More

The Hard Nut

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Actors: Mark Morris Dance Group

Synopsis: This performance by the Mark Morris Dance Group provides the viewer with a fresh look at Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Part of the Great Performances series from PBS, this innovative, iconoclastic adaptation of the Christmas favorite features dancers in nontraditional costumes. Flapper dresses Read More

Eugene Onegin

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Synopsis: Opera. A performance from Covent Garden, London, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Russian with English subtitles. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Swan Lake (Kirov Ballet)

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Synopsis: The Kirov Ballet performs Tchaikovsky's three-act masterpiece with the optimistic ending well in tact and the cameras roll to catch every captivating moment in this release of a performance starring Yulia Makhalina, Igor Zelensky, and Eldar Aliyev. Conductor Viktor Fedotov leads the Kirov Theater Read More

The Nutcracker

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The Sleeping Beauty (Kirov Ballet)

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Actors: Yulia Makhalina, Faurouk Ruzimatov, Larissa Lezhnina

Synopsis: This musical version of classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty centers around a princess whose birth was unfortunately cursed by a malevolent witch. At 16, the young girl falls into an enchanted sleep after pricking her finger on a spindle. Only a kiss from her true love can revive her. Performed by Read More

Swan Lake (Bolshoi Ballet)

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The Paris Opera Ballet: Seven Ballets

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The Nutcracker

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Swan Lake (London Festival Ballet)

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Actors: Peter Schaufuss, Evelyn Hart

Synopsis: Performed by the London Festival Ballet under the direction of former ballet star Natalia Makarova, this production of Tchaikovsky's popular classic Swan Lake remains faithful to the story -- the plight of a princess who is doomed to live as a swan by day unless a worthy prince vows his undying Read More

Rami Og Julie

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Actors: Sofie Gråbøl, Saleh Malek, Steen Birger Jorgensen, Jamal El Khatib, Kjeld Lofting

Synopsis: This modern update of Romeo And Juliet finds two young lovers torn between family loyalty and love in Copenhagen. Rami is a Palestinian operative who falls for Julie, a lonely woman who works at a service station. Lines from Shakespeare are recited by a laundromat manager who serves as a one-man Read More

Kandyland

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Actors: Kimberly Evenson, Charles Laulette, Sandahl Bergman, Cole Stevens, Bruce Baum

Synopsis: This exploitation film finds the aging stripper Harlow (Sandahl Bergman) taking on young protégé Joni (Kim Evenson) to peel off her clothes in the strip club called Kandyland. Bruce Baum adds much-needed comedy relief as the club comic Mad Dog. The film is an excuse to show attractive females in Read More

Borodin Quartet: Tchaikovsky/Shostakovich - String Quartets

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Actors: Borodin Quartet, Mikhail Kopelman, Andrei Abramenkov, Dmitri Shebalin, Valentin Berlinsky

Synopsis: String ensemble The Borodin Quartet (here comprised of violinist Mikhail Kopelman, violinist Andrei Abramenkov, violist Dmitri Shebalin and cellist Valentin Berlinsky) headline this 1987 classical music performance film, with interpretations of String Quartet No. 1 Op. 11 and String Quartet No. 2 Read More

Eugene Onegin

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The Queen of Spades

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The Nutcracker: The Motion Picture

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Actors: Hugh Bigney, Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Wade Walthall

Synopsis: The core and darker nuances of the original "Nutcracker" fairytale by E.T.A. Hoffman (with music by Tchaikovsky) are kept alive in this adept cinematic interpretation with its combination of ballet, special effects, and Maurice Sendak's costume and production designs. The Pacific Northwest Ballet Read More

Swan Lake (Bolshoi Ballet)

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Synopsis: Tchaikovsky's ballet is presented by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Ce Fou De Peuple Russe

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Synopsis: This is an interesting art history documentary on the works of nine Russian artists living in exile in Paris. The USSR relaxed some of its stringent demands for Social Realism in painting and sculpture during the government of Nikita Krushchev, and these Parisian emigres took advantage of the new Read More

Da Capo

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Actors: Raimo Karppinen, Jan Soderblom, Tarmo Manni, Rea Mauranen, Per Oscarsson

Synopsis: Interwoven with scenes that are meant to grab attention by their stunning composition, this biographical look at Finland's violinist Arto Arsi is not so much a narration of his childhood and early years, as an attempt to artistically show what was happening inside his psyche during that time. Read More

Johannes' Hemmelighed

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Actors: Jacob Katz, Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum, Kirsten Olesen, Claus Strandberg, Poul Thomsen

Synopsis: In this intellectually sophisticated children's story, young John (Jacob Katz) has been under a lot of pressure because his parents are divorced and his mother will not let his father come see him. So when John has a dream about Jesus -- who turns out to be an impoverished little girl, in this Read More

Csak Egy Mozi

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Actors: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Deborah Javor, Tamas Major, Gisela May, Denisa Kucerova

Synopsis: Starting with a clear objective -- Peter, the director filming "Swan Lake" (Jean-Pierre Leaud) needs to replace an actor who is not working out -- this story then progresses erratically and ends in confusion. Peter stops work on his film and leaves to take a train with his wife when he sees an Read More

The Nutcracker

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Synopsis: This production of The Nutcracker ballet was directed by Peter Wright. He has taken elements from what experts have deemed to be the original staging of the production with more timely choreography and effects. The storyline remains faithful to Hoffmann's original, and also presents Tchaikovsky's Read More

The Paris Opera Ballet: Six Ballets

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Synopsis: This compilation release features six ballet dances by the Paris Opera Ballet, under the direction of Rudolf Nureyev, interpreted by an all-star ensemble of French dancers. The specific selections include "The Black Swan" from Swan Lake, danced by Patrick Dupond and Noëlla Pontois; "Ephemera" Read More

Podivna Pratelstvi Herce Jesinia

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Pohlad Kocce USI

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Swan Lake

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Actors: Natalya Bessmertnova, Alexander Bogatyrev, Boris Akimov

Synopsis: The Bolshoi Ballet mounted and performs this production of Petr Ilych Tchaikovsky's 1895 Swan Lake, starring Natalia Bessmertnova and Alexander Bogatyrev in the principal roles. Yuri Grigorovich wrote and staged the choreographic movements; The Moscow Symphony Orchestra provides musical Read More

The Sleeping Beauty (Ki