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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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