The Children of Theater Street
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The Children of Theater Street |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert Dornhelm |
| script | Beth Gutcheon |
| production | Earle Mack |
| camera | Karl Kofler |
| cut | Tina Frese |
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The Children of Theater Street is an American documentary directed by Robert Dornhelm from 1977.
The Austrian director's debut film describes his training at the Waganowa Ballet Academy in the former Leningrad and is narrated by Princess Gracia Patricia von Monaco . The documentary was released in US cinemas on May 9, 1977.
Alternatively, the two unofficial German translations of the film title Die Kinder der Theaterstrasse and Grown Up can be found behind the scenes .
background
The film about the Kirov Ballet School describes the reception and training conditions for young Russian dancers according to the Vaganova method at the Leningrad Choreographic Institute. The former graduates of the academy include Vaslav Nijinsky and Anna Pawlowa .
Margot Fonteyn , Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were initially discussed for the role of narrator . Due to the close cooperation between the Monegasque and the Russian ballet school, Princess Gracia Patricia of Monaco was chosen. She wrote most of the text herself. The introductory scenes with the princess were filmed on the stage of the Monte Carlo Opera House and on a yacht at the harbor. The live recordings of the ballet performances were made at the Kirov Theater in Leningrad and at the Bolshoi Theater and Maly Theater in Moscow. The film received good reviews but was only moderately successful commercially.
The co-production between Western and Soviet filmmakers ended in scandal because producer Earle Mack refused to change a scene. In connection with the history of dance, the setting mentioned the three famous graduates Mikhail Baryshnikov , Rudolf Nureyev and Natalia Makarova , who had fled to the West. The Soviets then withdrew their support and canceled the premiere in Moscow.
Awards
The film received an Oscar nomination in 1978 for Best Documentary (Long Form). The prize went to Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? , a documentary about the adoption of war-disabled orphans by the American director John Korty .
DVD release
The Children of Theater Street - The Story of the Kirov Ballet School , Kultur Video, April 2004, approx. 90 minutes, picture format 1.33: 1 (4: 3), sound format English mono
literature
- Patricia Barnes: The Children of Theater Street . Introduction by Earle Mack. Phaidon Press, Oxford 1979, ISBN 978-0-7148-1980-8 (American English, 144 pages).
Web links
- The Children of Theater Street in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Children of Theater Street in the online movie database
- The Children of Theater Street at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b James Spada: Grace. The secret past life of a princess . 1st edition. Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-548-22155-6 , pp. 351 ff .