Filmed under the direction of Nureyev with several changes as regards the stage version. Elisabeth Maurin and Laurent Hilaire are dazzling, as is the corps de ballet notably in the Snowflake scene. E. Maurin was appointed principal dancer by Nureyev during the filming.
Clara: Elisabeth Maurin
Drosselmeyer and the Prince: Laurent Hilaire
With the soloists and the corps de ballet from the Paris Opera.