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A Belated Premiere

A Belated Premiere

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

60 mins

Rating

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Release Date

30 January 2004

Country

Russia

Cast

Ivan Krasko

Ivan Krasko

Narrator (voice)

Valentina Panina

Valentina Panina

Narrator (voice)

Christopher Hamilton

Christopher Hamilton

English narrator (voice)

Jennifer Gaspar

Jennifer Gaspar

English narrator (voice)

Alexandr Shiryaev

Alexandr Shiryaev

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