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1952 Swedish film

The Firebird
Directed by	Hasse Ekman
Written by	Hasse Ekman
Produced by	Lorens Marmstedt
Starring	Tito Gobbi Ellen Rasch Eva Henning Georg Rydeberg
Cinematography	Göran Strindberg
Edited by	Lennart Wallén
Music by	Stig Rybrant
Distributed by	Terrafilm
Release date	12 August 1952 (1952-08-12)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	English

The Firebird (Swedish: Eldfågeln, Italian: L'uccello di fuoco) is a 1952 Swedish-Italian musical drama 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

References

External links

The Firebird at IMDb
The Firebird at the Swedish Film Institute Database
The Firebird at AllMovie

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