The Dancer

Sep 9, 1994

1h 40m

★ 10.0

Overview

The career of a classical ballet dancer is short and often riddled with injuries, and it takes a special kind of artist to submit to the discipline and strenuous regimen needed to dance with a world-class company. Follows the young and gifted Katja Björner through years of intensive training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School as she develops into an international ballet star.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

SVT Drama

Svenska Filminstitutet

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Cast

Katja Björner

Erland Josephson

Anneli Alhanko

Clint Farha

Valentina Savina

Michael Messerer

Aleksandr Khmelnitskiy

Robert Cohan

Rudi van Dantzig

Niklas Ek

Per Arthur Segerström

Natalia Makarova

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