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| The Firebird | |
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| Directed by | Hasse Ekman |
| Written by | Hasse Ekman |
| Produced by | Lorens Marmstedt |
| Starring | Tito Gobbi Ellen Rasch Eva Henning Georg Rydeberg |
| Cinematography | Göran Strindberg |
| Edited by | Lennart Wallén |
| Music by | Stig Rybrant |
| Distributed by | Terrafilm |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | English |
The Firebird (Swedish:Eldfågeln,Italian:L'uccello di fuoco) is a 1952Swedish-Italianmusicaldrama film directed byHasse Ekman. The film is inspired byThe Red Shoes byPowell and Pressburger.
A famous Italiantenor gets an offer to make a guest appearance inSweden, but is unwilling to go, until he sees a Swedish dance film with the beautiful ballerina Linda Corina. He travels to theRoyal Opera inStockholm, and falls in love with her. And so, a passionate and colourful drama begins.
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