A Belated Premiere

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A Belated Premiere

2004

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Animation

Overview

A prominent Russian ballet dancer and teacher Alexander Shiryaev had another talent hidden for almost a century. Archive materials that date back to 1906 reveal his bold experiments at stop-motion and paper animation.

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3 featured cast members

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Ivan Krasko

Self - Narrator (voice)

Valentina Panina

Self - Narrator (voice)

Alexander Shiryaev

Self (archive footage)

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Directed by: Victor Bocharov
Written by: Victor Bocharov
Produced by: Victor Bocharov

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