The Ballet’s Prima-donna
About The Ballet’s Prima-donna
Anjuta, a ballet dancer, and Wolo Czawienko are split when Count Orsky wants her and uses his rank to get between them.
Cast & crew
More about The Ballet’s Prima-donna
Mauritz Stiller directed. Djalmar Christofersen wrote it. Julius Jaenzon photographed it. Axel Esbensen designed the sets. Svenska Biografteatern released it on November 20, 1916. Silent Era lists four reels. Jenny Hasselqvist, in her film debut, plays Anjuta. Lars Hanson plays Wolo. Richard Lund plays Count Orsky. Also called Angala, the Dancer in Britain and The Prima Ballerina in the United States. A print exists.
Themes
Making
Stiller cast the Royal Swedish Ballet dancer Hasselqvist as Anjuta for her first picture.
Look
Julius Jaenzon photographed Hasselqvist's debut and the count's interference.
Preservation
Silent Era lists a surviving print.
Notes
- Hasselqvist's first film.
- Denmark released it as Ballettens Dronning on November 14, 1916, before the Swedish date.
- Hungary had it as Lengyelvér on November 13, 1916. The Netherlands had Poolsch bloed on February 2, 1917.
- Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson plays Anjuta's stepmother. Carl Johannesson plays the ballet master.
Scenes
- Count Orsky comes between Anjuta and Wolo.
