The Firebird (1952 film)
The Firebird is a 1952 Swedish-Italian film directed by Hasse Ekman. The film is inspired by The Red Shoes by Powell and Pressburger.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
