Paris, the middle of the XIX century. Young Marius Petipa is going on a long journey to St. Petersburg, where he is invited to become the first dancer. He doesn't know that his life will develop both happily and dramatically, and his work will be the glory and pride of Russian ballet.
Gilles Ségal
as Marius Petipa
Олег Стриженов
as Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
Jacques Ferrière
as Anton Minkh
Наталья Величко
as Mashenka Surovshchikova-Petipa
Николай Черкасов
as Gedeonov
Николай Трофимов
as Petrov
Геннадий Нилов
as Lev Ivanov
Алла Ларионова
as Lyubov Leonidovna
Владислав Стржельчик
as Nicholas I of Russia
Yelena Sokolova
as Katenka
Pierre Bertin
as Petipa's Father
Alexandre Rignault
as Bigornet