An anthology of three filmed ballets, two written for the film and the third an abridgment of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Filmed in color.
Galina Ulanova
Maris (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
Maya Plisetskaya
Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
Konstantin Sergeyev
The Prince (segment "Swan Lake")
Natalia Dudinskaya
Odille, the black swan (segment "Swan Lake")
V. Bakanov
The Evil Wizard (segment "Swan Lake")
Pyotr Gussyev
Girzi (segment "Fountain of Bakhchisarai")
Yuri Zhdanov
Vaclav (segment "Fountain of Bakhchisarai")
Vakhtang Chabukiani
Philippe (segment "Flames of Paris, The")
Muza Gotlib
Jeanne (segment "Flames of Paris")
Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadère
Hans Christian Andersen
Giselle
The Nutcracker
Manon (The Royal Ballet)
The ROH Live: The Dream / Symphonic Variations / Marguerite and Armand
Osiris
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Truth
Vitória
Weapons
Long Distance
Billy Elliot: The Musical Live
Carla
Les Indes Galantes
Giselle: Belle of the Ballet
Once Upon My Mother
Americana
Dinner in America
The Crow: Salvation