
Anna Pavlova
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.
Cast

Igor Dmitriev
Léon Bakst

Valeri Babyatinsky
Grand Duke

Alkis Kritikos
Albert d'André

Grigore Grigoriu
Mordkin

Valentina Reshetnikova
Yekaterina

Martin Scorsese
Gatti-Casazza

Alla Plotkina
Ms. Brighton

James Fox
Victor d'André

Sergey Shakurov
Michel Fokine

Leonid Markov
General Bezobrazov

Natalya Fateyeva
Kschessinska, Mathilde Kschessinska

Vladimir Sidorov
student

Vsevolod Safonov
Woldemar Freedericksz

Svetlana Svetlichnaya
Masha

Tiit Härm
Alexander Volinin, Alexandre Volinine

Jacques Debary
Camille Saint-Saëns

Roy Kinnear
gardener

Galina Iniutina
woman in audience

Anatoliy Romashin
Alexandre Benois

Igor Sklyar
Serge Lifar

John Murray
Sol Hurok

Bruce Forsyth
impresario Butt

Galina Belyaeva
Anna Pavlova

Vsevolod Larionov
Sergei Diaghilev

Ion Sandri Scurea
Theodore Stier

Viktor Sergachyov
Telyakovsky

Afanasiy Trishkin
Sergeyev

Nikolai Kryukov
Oscar II of Sweden

Svetlana Toma
Lyubov Pavlova, Anna's Mother

Pyotr Gusev
Marius Petipa