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Swan Lake

Der Schwanensee

Release: 1966-12-26 ·Runtime: 107m ·★ 7.8
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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.

Production Countries

United States of America Austria Germany

Production Companies

ORF
Seven Arts Productions
United Productions of America
WDR