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The Firebird (1952 film)

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Director
  
Hasse Ekman

Country
  
Sweden

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IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
Swedish

The Firebird (1952 film) movie poster

Release date
  
12 August 1952 (1952-08-12)

Writer
  
Hasse Ekman (screenplay), Hasse Ekman (story)

The Firebird (Swedish: Eldfågeln, Italian: L'uccello di fuoco) is a 1952 Swedish-Italian film directed by Hasse Ekman. The film is inspired by The Red Shoes by Powell and Pressburger.

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Plot summary

A famous Italian tenor gets an offer to make a guest appearance in Sweden but is unwilling to go. Until he sees a Swedish dance film with the beautiful ballerina Linda Corina. He travels to the Royal Opera in Stockholm and falls in love with her. And so a passionate and colourful drama begins.

Cast

  • Tito Gobbi as Mario Vanni, Italian operasinger
  • Ellen Rasch as Linda Corina, prima ballerina
  • Eva Henning as Alice Lund
  • Bengt Blomgren as Frank
  • Georg Rydeberg as Jascha Sacharowitch
  • Åke Falck as Spinky, Vannis impresario
  • Märta Arbin as Frank's mother
  • Alan Blair as Johan A. Sjöberg, Lindas doctor
  • Märta Dorff as Seamstress at the Operan
  • Gull Natorp as Tilda, dresser at the Operan
  • Björn Holmgren as John, Dancer
  • Gun Skoogberg as Dancer
  • Maurice Béjart as Alex, Dancer

    • References

    The Firebird (1952 film) Wikipedia
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    The Firebird (1952 film) IMDb The Firebird (1952 film) themoviedb.org