Nights of Farewell (1965)
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.
- Released
- 1965-11-16
- Genres
- History, Drama, Music
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jean Dréville
- TMDB rating
- 4.8/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Gilles Ségal as Marius Petipa
- Oleg Strizhenov as Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
- Jacques Ferrière as Anton Minkh
- Natalya Velichko as Mashenka Surovshchikova-Petipa
- Nikolai Cherkasov as Gedeonov
- Nikolay Trofimov as Petrov
- Gennadiy Nilov as Lev Ivanov
- Alla Larionova as Lyubov Leonidovna
- Vladislav Strzhelchik as Nicholas I of Russia
- Yelena Sokolova as Katenka
- Pierre Bertin as Petipa's Father
- Alexandre Rignault as Bigornet