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.

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Gilles Ségal

Marius Petipa

Oleg Strizhenov

Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky

Jacques Ferrière

Anton Minkh

Natalya Velichko

Mashenka Surovshchikova-Petipa

Gennadiy Nilov

Lev Ivanov

Alla Larionova

Lyubov Leonidovna

Vladislav Strzhelchik

Nicholas I of Russia

Pierre Bertin

Petipa's Father

Viviane Gosset

Petipa's Mother

Sabine Lods

Katerina Petipa

Jean Moussy

Lucien Petipa

Jean Houbé

Antoine

Vladimir Yemelyanov

Ivan Vsevolozhsky

Olga Zhadina

Masha Surovshchikova (12 y.o)

Nikolay Kuzmin

Teamster

Marianna Strizhenova

Gedeonov's Wife

Tamara Timofeeva

Wardrobe Mistress

Art

Isaak Kaplan

Production Design

Camera

Konstantin Ryzhov

Director of Photography

Michel Kelber

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yevgenia Slovtsova

Costume Design

Directing

Jean Dréville

Director

Isaak Menaker

Director

Production

Sound

Nadezhda Simonyan

Original Music Composer

Yury Prokofyev

Original Music Composer

Art

Isaak Kaplan

Production Design

Camera

Konstantin Ryzhov

Director of Photography

Michel Kelber

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Yevgenia Slovtsova

Costume Design

Directing

Jean Dréville

Director

Isaak Menaker

Director

Production

Sound

Nadezhda Simonyan

Original Music Composer

Yury Prokofyev

Original Music Composer