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Cast
Tatyana Katkovskaya
as Varya
Valerii Panarin
as Stepan
Yevgeni Morgunov
as Shilobrei
Tatyana Okunevskaya
as Yekaterina Vasilyevna
Galina Gorshkova
as Zina
Andrei Veselovskiy
as Misha
Aleksandr Anurov
as Grigoriy Makarovich
Nadezhda Karabanyuk
as Nadya
Pavlo Kyiansky
as Nikolai Leonidovich
Sergey Petrov
as chairman of the examination board
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1965
Runtime1h 18m
LanguageRussian
CertificationNR
GenresMusic, Romance
Votes1
DirectorAleksey Mishurin
WritersVladimir Goldfeld, Tsezar Solodar
TypeFeature Film
Rating10.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsStar of the Ballet
About Star of the Ballet
Engineer Stepan Mitin, having arrived in Kiev on business, accidentally gets to the performance "Ukrainian Ballet on Ice" and falls in love with the soloist Viktoriya Chaika. Delighted with the prima, Stepan doesn't notice that the draftsman Varya is working with him on the refrigerator project — the same girl to whom in the evenings he unsuccessfully tries to convey a bouquet of flowers with a note. The business trip ends — and Stepan, collecting in Primorsk, invites Varya to his plant. They agree to meet at the airport, but on the way, the ballet administrator intercepts the girl. Stepan flies away alone. One day, the Ukrainian Ballet on Ice comes to Primorsk. Stepan Mitin, the best refrigeration specialist, is asked to help create artificial ice. Stepan gladly accepts the offer and soon meets Viktoriya Chaika...
Directed by Aleksey Mishurin, Star of the Ballet leans on a strong ensemble — Tatyana Katkovskaya, Valerii Panarin, Yevgeni Morgunov — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about music titles of 1965.
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