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Director:
Anwar Kawadri
Writers:
Raymond Christodoulou (writer)
Max Roman (story)
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Release Date:
November 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run by a powerful, wealthy lady (Joan Collins). | add synopsis
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Cast

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Joan Collins ... Mme. Laura Carrere
Carol White ... Margaux Lasselle

Paul Nicholas ... Mike McCann

Finola Hughes ... Nadia Gargarin
William Franklyn ... Sir Arthur Cartwright
Leslie Ash ... Sharon
Murray Melvin ... Leopold

Vernon Dobtcheff ... Markovitch
Geraldine Gardner ... Markova
Cherry Gillespie ... Mireille
Jane Wellman ... Grace
Ed Bishop ... Sam Dozier
Jo Warne ... Madame Olga
Martin Burrows ... Tom
Fran Fullenwider ... Vi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Nutcracker Sweet (USA) (video box title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Norway:18 | USA:R
Company:
Jershaw more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
'Joan Collins (I)' now refers to the film as "a horrible mistake". more
Soundtrack:
Time To Love You more

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Joanie dances to a different beat, 3 March 2004
Author: drella666 from Bangkok

Disco was on its deathbed even as Joan Collins boogied in her mules during her 70s comeback (The Stud, The Bitch). So, what new moves could she try as the 80s dawned? Rejecting the idea of leading a troupe of bodypoppers, she simply remade her previous disco films in the ballet milieu. All the crucial elements are there: Joanie playing a tough cookie, lithe young things taking their clothes off, and once-respected character actors (hello, William Franklyn) standing around looking embarrassed.

Kitsch fans will particularly relish the performance of Cherry Gillespie (ex-Pans People, and "Disco Girl" in The Bitch. Or was it the Stud?)

Paul Nicholas is in it, some time after he got his kit off in "Hair", and before his glory days advertising Farah slacks and Rougemont Castle British wine.

Do not watch when sober, it's quite dull in such circumstances.

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