Morning Star (film)

Morning star is a 1959 Soviet ballet film directed by Roman Tikhomirov, based on a folk tale,[1] and featuring the Kyrgyz State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.[2]

Morning star
Directed byRoman Tikhomirov
StarringReina Chokoyeva
Uran Sarbagishev
Nurdin Tugelov
Bubusara Beyshenalieva
Sapar Abduzhalilov
CinematographyApollinari Dudko
Edited byIsaac Glikman
Music byMikhail Raukhverger
Production
companies
Lenfilm
Frunze Film Studios
Distributed byArtkino Pictures
Release date
1959
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUSSR
LanguageRussian

Synopsis

An evil witch, Ai Dai, using magic, switches bodies with a beautiful young woman, Cholpon, and uses her new form to seduce the young prince Nurdfin.[3][4]

Cast
  • Reina Chokoyeva as Cholpon
  • Uran Sarbagishev as Nurdfin
  • Nurdin Tugelov as Temir Khan
  • Bubusara Beyshenalieva as Ai-Dai
  • Sapar Abduzhalilov as Genie

Reception

Upon the film's release in the United States in 1962, the New York Times wrote of it positively, saying:

“As a co-production of the Leningrad and Frunze Film Studios, the picture certainly moves [...]. The dancers go to town, and for once (on screen, anyway) a ballet heroine, Reina Chokoyeva, conveys real terror. But the incredibly mercurial Bibisara Beishenalieva, as the sorcerer, goes the whole company one better by suggesting that she's about to take off into space.”[3]

References
  1. "27 января. События... . Обсуждение на LiveInternet - Российский Сервис Онлайн-Дневников". www.liveinternet.ru. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  2. ""Чолпон – утренняя звезда" (1962)". КиноПоиск (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  3. "Screen: Russian Imports:'Violin and Roller' and Ballet Film Open". The New York Times. 1962-08-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  4. "Cholpon - Utrennyaya Zvezda (1959) - Roman Tikhomirov | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
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