Paris, the middle of the XIX century. Young Marius Petipa is going on a long journey to St. Petersburg, where he is invited to become the first dancer. He doesn't know that his life will develop both happily and dramatically, and his work will be the glory and pride of Russian ballet.
| Directing | Jean Dréville | Director |
| Directing | Isaak Menaker | Director |
| Writing | Paul Andréota | Writer |
| Writing | Aleksandr Galich | Writer |
| Art | Isaak Kaplan | Production Design |
| Writing | Pierre Guilbert | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yevgenia Slovtsova | Costume Design |
| Sound | Nadezhda Simonyan | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Michel Kelber | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Konstantin Ryzhov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yury Prokofyev | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Alexandre Kamenka | Producer |
