Swan Lake

Swan Lake

1968 · 78 min · ★ 6.0 · Music

Swan Lake, a screen adaptation of the ballet of the same name by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Performed by Kirov Ballet, starring Yelena Yevteyeva as Odette and directed for film by Appolinariy Dudko and Konstantin Sergeyev. Produced by Lenfilm studios in 1968. Orchestra of the S.M. Kirov Leningrad Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, conductor Victor Fedotov. Ballet dancers of the Leningrad State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after S.M. Kirov and students of the Leningrad Choreographic School M. Agrippina Vaganova took part in the film. Golden Orchid Prize - Grand Prix at the VIFF of ballet films in Genoa, Italy (1969).

Directed by Apollinariy Dudko

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Elena Evteyeva Odette/Odile
John Markovsky Siegfried
Makhmud Esambayev Rothbart
Valery Panov Jester
Angelina Kabarova Siegfried's Mother
Viktor Ryazanov Tutor

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