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: Nov 16, 1965
Runtime: 91 minutes
Stars: Gilles Ségal, Oleg Strizhenov, Jacques Ferrière, Natalya Velichko, Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolay Trofimov
Crew: Jean Dréville (Director), Isaak Menaker (Director), Pierre Guilbert (Novel), Aleksandr Galich (Writer), Paul Andréota (Writer), Isaak Kaplan (Production Design)