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Swan Lake (1966)

1h 47m

Running Time

December 26, 1966
Release Date

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Swan Lake (1966)

Name: Swan Lake
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1966-12-26

1h 47m

Running Time

December 26, 1966
Release Date

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Plot.

Perhaps the most popular ballet video ever released, this version of Tchaikovsky's beloved work stars one of the most famous classical dance partnerships of all time, Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn. Nureyev choreographed this production for the Vienna State Opera Ballet. Two icons of 20th-century dance in magnificent form. Ballet authority John Lanchbery, former music director of the Sadler's Wells and Royal Ballet companies, as well as of American Ballet Theatre and Australian Ballet, conducts the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's enchanting score.

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Cast & Crew.

Margot Fonteyn

Odette / Odile

Rudolf Nureyev

Prince Siegfried / Choreographer

Truck Branss

Director

John Lanchbery

Conductor

Nicholas Georgiadis

Set Designer / Production Design / Costume Design

Günther Anders

Director of Photography

Gunther Runne

Editor

Robert Maxwell

Producer

Mariha Runne

Editor

Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff

Art Direction / Set Decoration

Gabriel Bauer

Set Decoration

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Details.

Release Date
December 26, 1966

Original Name
Der Schwanensee

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 47m

Genres
Drama Music

Last updated: 2024-03-27

This Movie Is About.

ballet

Wiki.

Truck Branss directed the 1966 German-Austrian-US-American ballet film. He shows a performance of the ballet of the Vienna State Opera with two actors in the lead roles. The latter was concerned with the choreography on the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Austrians under the direction of John Lanchbery are to be heard. The film was released on June 26, 1966. There are links to the official website.