Anna Pavlova (film)

Anna Pavlova
Directed byEmil Loteanu
Screenplay byEmil Loteanu
Story byEmil Loteanu
Produced byMichael Powell
Starring
CinematographyYevgeny Guslinsky
Edited by
Music byEugen Doga
Production
companies
Distributed byPoseidon Film Distributors
Release dates
  • August 1983 (1983-08) (Soviet Union)
  • March 10, 1985 (1985-03-10) (United Kingdom)
Running time
  • 155 minutes (original cut)
  • 133 minutes (UK cut)[1]
  • 275 minutes (TV cut)
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Soviet Union
Languages
  • English
  • Russian

Anna Pavlova, also known as A Woman for All Time, is a 1983 biographical drama film depicting the life of the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, written and directed by Emil Loteanu and starring Galina Belyayeva, James Fox and Sergey Shakurov. It depicts Pavlova's passion for art and her collaboration with the reformers of ballet including Michel Fokine, Vaslav Nijinsky and Sergei Diaghilev.

A co-production between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, famed British director Michael Powell served as a producer and featured American director Martin Scorsese in a cameo role.[2][3]

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  2. ^ "Anna Pavlova (1983–) Full Cast & Crew". IMDB.
  3. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | PAVLOVA - A WOMAN FOR ALL TIME (1983)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2012.