Giselle's Mania

1995

Director: Alexey Uchitel

Screen Play by: Avdotya Smirnova

Director of Photography: Sergey Lando

Art-director: Nikola Samonov

Costume designer: Ekaterina Mikhailovskaya

Sound Director: Leonid Lerner

Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov

Editor: Yelena Andreyeva

Starring: Galina Tunina Mikhail Kozakov Eugeny Sidikhin Andrey Smirnov Leopold Roskoshny (Ivan Okhlobystin)

Producer: Alexander Golutva Alexey Uchitel

Production: Rock Films ROSKOMKINO Lenfilm

Country of production: Russia

Genre: Drama

Time: 100 min

Storyline

Detective drama based on the true story of the world famous Russian ballerina, Olga Spesivtseva - known as "Red Giselle" - who fled to the West from the USSR and was pursued by the KGB all over the world. Her life was full of tragedy, greatness, love and madness. 

  • Grand Prix
    Honfleur Film Festival
    1995
  • Prize
    The Russian Cinematography Academy Awards

    Prizes for the Best Actress and the Best Costume Design

    1995
  • Grand Prix
    Russian's New Cinema Film Festival in Yekaterinburg

    Grand Prix and the Prize for the Best Actress

    1995