Nights of Farewell

Nights of Farewell

91 mins | Drama, History, Music | Nov. 16, 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.

Nights of Farewell

91 mins | Drama, History, Music | Nov. 16, 1965

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.
Producers Lenfilm, Les Films Alkam
Original title Третья молодость
Directors Isaak Menaker, Jean Dréville
Writers Pierre Guilbert, Aleksandr Galich, Paul Andréota

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

Gennadi 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

Viviane Gosset

as Petipa's Mother

Sabine Lods

as Katerina Petipa

Nathalie Nort

as Denise

Caroline Cler

as Singer

Jean Moussy

as Lucien Petipa

Jean Houbé

as Antoine

Vladimir Yemelyanov

as Ivan Vsevolozhsky

Olga Zhadina

as Masha Surovshchikova (12 y.o)

Nikolay Kuzmin

as Teamster

Tatyana Piletskaya

as Teacher

Sergei Polezhayev

as Officer

Mikhail Vasilyev

as Doorman

Marianna Strizhenova

as Gedeonov's Wife

Tamara Timofeeva

as Wardrobe Mistress

Stanislav Fesyunov

as Priest