John Neumeier’s Lady of the Camellias – a large-scale, narrative ballet set to original concert music by Frédéric Chopin – is based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas junior, written in 1848. Produced in 1986 at the Studio Hamburg, this film stars legendary ballerina Marcia Haydée as Dumas’s beautiful, doomed heroine Marguerite and Ivan Liska as an ideal Armand.

“Sumptuous and elegant, deeply moving, romantic and tragic, Lady of the Camellias leaves an audience overwhelmed but invigorated and floating on air” (Culturekiosque.com)

“A stroke of good fortune for the cinema and a triumph for Neumeier’s ballet” (EPD Film/Filmzentrale)

Marguerite Gautier    MARCIA HAYDÈE
Armand Duval    IVAN LISKA
Monsieur Duval    FRANCOIS KLAUS
Prudence Duvernoy    COLLEEN SCOTT
Gaston Rieux    VLADIMIR KLOS
Manon Lescaut    LYNNE CHARLES
Des Grieux    JEFFREY KIRK

Hamburg Ballett
NDR Sinfonieorchester • Heribert Beissel
Choreography: John Neumeier
Filmed at Studio Hamburg in September 1986

DVD-Format: DVD-9
Picture Format: 4:3 / NTSC / Colour
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Sound Format: PCM STEREO / DTS 5.1
No subtitles