Roland Petit Movies
- 1985
White Nights
White Nights6.71985HD
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch...
- 1955
Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs6.31955HD
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her...
- 1952
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen6.2381952HD
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
- 1949
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland5.51949HD
This exceptional theatrical version of Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic features a combination of live characters and puppets.
- 1961
Black Tights
Black Tights6.21961HD
Lively scenes of Paris, all narrated by Maurice Chevalier, link together four dramatic ballet choreographies by Roland Petit: La Croqueuse de...
- 1956
An Evening at the Music Hall
An Evening at the Music Hall4.71956HD
A GI on furlough attends a Folies-Bergères show. He falls in love with a dancer, Claudie, the star of the theater.
- 2013
La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris
La Scala Ballet: Notre-Dame de Paris02013HD
With Roland Petit’s cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre-Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit...
- 2005
Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
Le Jeune Homme et la Mort02005HD
Nicolas Le Riche and Marie-Agnès Gillot star in the legendary Roland Petit and Jean Cocteau's pioneering one-act ballet Le Jeune homme et la...
- 2007
Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur102007HD
Ballet en deux actes et treize tableaux du chorég. This is a live recording of a performance at Paris Garnier in 2007. Petit's earlier...
- 1980
Carmen
Carmen01980HD
- 1999
Clavigo
Clavigo01999HD
Inspired by Goethe's early romantic play Clavigo, Roland Petit's ballet recounts the agonies of a weak-willed lover torn between the contradictory...
- 2021
Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)
Notre-Dame de Paris (Opéra Bastille)02021HD
- 2011
Dancing Chaplin
Dancing Chaplin102011HD
The celebrated French choreographer Roland Petit had always had his eye on a film presentation of his ballet "Chaplin Dances", which premiered in...
- 2003
Il pipistrello (La Scala)
Il pipistrello (La Scala)02003HD
Every night, Johann puts on bat's wings and flies off to enjoy himself. Bella, troubled by her husband's hedonistic activities, consults with her...
- 2005
Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья
Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья02005HD
Pique Dame (or "The Queen of Spades") inspired by Alexander Pushkin, set to a music by Tchaikovsky; Passacaglia (or "Passacaille") set to a music by...
- 1996
Eloge De La Folie
Eloge De La Folie01996HD
1966, 16mm.
- 2005
Carmen - Roland Petit
Carmen - Roland Petit02005HD
Roland Petit’s ballet Carmen was a smash hit at its premiere at London’s Prince’s Theatre in 1949. Structured in five scenes, the...