Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova

★ 4.9IMDb Score
Released:1983-08-01
Genre:Drama
Duration:155 min
Director:Emil Loteanu
Actors:Galina Belyaeva, James Fox, Sergey Shakurov, Vsevolod Larionov, Tiit Härm
Production:Sovinfilm, Poseidon Productions, Mosfilm, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, ICAIC, Cosmos Film

Overview:

The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna’s performance and determination does not go unnoticed by the celebrated choreographer Marius Petipa, who helps to stage Pavlova's examination performance. Such a gift becomes a starting point for Ani in the world of big ballet, her fast-paced career, position in high society and world fame make her forget about close friends and especially her faithful Michel Fokine, who invested a lot of energy in the formation of a ballerina.

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