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Mania Giseli the mania of Giselle

Title: Mania Giseli [videorecording] = the mania of Giselle / presented by Roscomkino, Lenfilm Studio, ROK Association, Russian television Erzi-SP, Petrovsky Bank, Alliance Center, Terminal-Impeks, and Ulysses Group ; directed by Alexei Uchitel ; produced by Aleksandr Golutva and Alexei Uchitel ; written by Dunya Smirnova in collaboration with Alexei Uchitel.
Publication: [1995?]

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Description

1 videocassette (91 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequence NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Drama based on the life of ballerina Olga Spessivtseva, emphasizing her slow descent into madness. The story is interspersed with scenes from a contemporary re-interpretation of the ballet Giselle, Spessivtseva's most famous role. The film also incorporates b&w footage from a 1932 newsreel of Spessivtseva and Anton Dolin in Giselle, and libretto materials from Boris Eifman's ballet The red Giselle.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Alexei Uchitel.

Uniform Title

Mania of Giselle (Motion picture)
Giselle (Choreographic work)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Biographies.
Dance.
Motion pictures.

Credits (note)

Photography, Sergey Lando ; choreography, Evgeniĭ Panfilov ; [original] music, Leonid Desiatnikov ; [additional] music, Adolphe Adam (excerpts from Giselle) ; sound, Leonid Lerner ; design, Nicola Samonov ; costumes, Yekaterina Mikhailovskaya ; translation, Tatiana Kameneva.

Performer (note)

Galina Tiunina (Olga Spessivtseva), Mikhail Kazakov (Akim Volynsky), Evgenii Sidikhin (Boris Kaplun), Sergey Vinogradov (Anton Dolin), Andrei Smirnov (George Brown), Leopold Roskoshny (Serge Lifar), and others, including Nikita Dolgushin, Gabriella Komleva, and Andrei Kuznetsov.

Language (note)

In Russian with English subtitles.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2301

OCLC

NYPY96-F502

Title

Mania Giseli [videorecording] = the mania of Giselle / presented by Roscomkino, Lenfilm Studio, ROK Association, Russian television Erzi-SP, Petrovsky Bank, Alliance Center, Terminal-Impeks, and Ulysses Group ; directed by Alexei Uchitel ; produced by Aleksandr Golutva and Alexei Uchitel ; written by Dunya Smirnova in collaboration with Alexei Uchitel.

Imprint

[1995?]

Country of Producing Entity

Russia (Federation).

Cast

Galina Tiunina (Olga Spessivtseva), Mikhail Kazakov (Akim Volynsky), Evgenii Sidikhin (Boris Kaplun), Sergey Vinogradov (Anton Dolin), Andrei Smirnov (George Brown), Leopold Roskoshny (Serge Lifar), and others, including Nikita Dolgushin, Gabriella Komleva, and Andrei Kuznetsov.

Credits

Photography, Sergey Lando ; choreography, Evgeniĭ Panfilov ; [original] music, Leonid Desiatnikov ; [additional] music, Adolphe Adam (excerpts from Giselle) ; sound, Leonid Lerner ; design, Nicola Samonov ; costumes, Yekaterina Mikhailovskaya ; translation, Tatiana Kameneva.

Language

In Russian with English subtitles.

Added Author

T︠i︡unina, Galina, dancer.

Kazakov, Mikhail, dancer.

Sidikhin, Evgeniĭ, dancer.

Vinogradov, Sergey, dancer.

Smirnov, Andreĭ, dancer.

Roskoshnyĭ, Leopold, dancer.

Dolgushin, Nikita, 1938- dancer.

Komleva, Gabriella, dancer.

Kuzne︠t︡sov, A. I. (Andreĭ Igorevich), dancer.

Uchitel, Alexei. Producer. Director

Smirnova, Dun︠i︡a. Author

Golutva, Aleksandr. Producer

Panfilov, Evgeniĭ, choreographer.

Desi︠a︡tnikov, Leonid Arkadevich. Composer

Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Giselle. Composer

Samonov, Nikolay. Designer

Mikhaĭlovska︠i︡a, E. (Ekaterina) Costume designer

Ėĭfman, Boris.

Lenfilʹm.

DHCA.

Added Title

Mania of Giselle (Motion picture)

Giselle (Choreographic work)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2301

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