The young talented girl Anya, dreaming of a ballet, enters the choreographic school. Due to poor health, learning for her becomes unbearably difficult, but dreams of a ballerina career make her stubbornly deal with adversity. Anna’s performance and determination does not go unnoticed by the celebrated choreographer Marius Petipa, who helps to stage Pavlova's examination performance. Such a gift becomes a starting point for Ani in the world of big ballet, her fast-paced career, position in high society and world fame make her forget about close friends and especially her faithful Michel Fokine, who invested a lot of energy in the formation of a ballerina.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Sovinfilm, Poseidon Productions, Mosfilm, DEFA, ICAIC, Cosmos Film
- Keyword: paris, france, ballet dancer, biography, ballet, prima ballerina, russian ballet
- Cast: Galina Belyaeva, James Fox, Sergey Shakurov, Vsevolod Larionov, Tiit Härm, Ion Sandri Scurea