Prokofiev (Original title)Portrait of a Soviet Composer (Alternative title)
Date: 18 June 1961 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ken Russell
Synopsis: Documentary about the life of Sergei Prokofiev.
Genres: Biopic, Performance
Subjects: Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953), Composers
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TV Transmissions
Date: 18 June 1961Broadcast company: BBCCountry: United KingdomRuntime: 29 mins Language: English - Black and White - Sound
Date: 18 June 1961not specified
Date: 18 June 1961 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ken Russell
Synopsis: Documentary about the life of Sergei Prokofiev.
Genres: Biopic, Performance
Subjects: Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953), Composers
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 18 June 1961Broadcast company: BBCCountry: United KingdomRuntime: 29 mins Language: English - Black and White - Sound
Date: 18 June 1961not specified
Credits
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[Subject of Film]: Sergei Prokofiev, Production Company: BBC, [Series] Edited by: Huw Wheldon, Associate Producer: Nancy Thomas, Associate Producer: Humphrey Burton, Film Editor: Allan Tyrer
Cast
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Huw Wheldon (Introduced by), Boris Ranevsky (Rimsky-Korsakov/Prokofiev), Michael Caine (Presenter of Introduction), Miss Varnavides (young Prokofiev), Joyce Rathbone (music teacher), Philip Jenkins (hands playing piano), James Forty, Michael Shaw (walk on), V.P. Gregoriy (Zhdanov), A. Michelson (reading Russian score)