The Royal Ballet (film)

The Royal Ballet
Directed byPaul Czinner
Produced byPaul Czinner
StarringMargot Fonteyn
Michael Somes
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Release date
  • 8 January 1960 (1960-01-08)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Royal Ballet is a 1960 British feature film starring Margot Fonteyn.[1]

It was Filmed on the stage of London's Covent Garden using eleven cameras and followed the success of The Bolshoi Ballet.[2] Filming took place in early 1959.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vagg, Stephen (4 July 2025). "Forgotten British Film Studios: The Rank Organisation, 1960". Filmink. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Czinner magic man of the ballet film". The Kensington News and West London Times. 31 July 1959. p. 3.
  3. ^ "The early Firebird". Lincolnshire Echo. 3 February 1959. p. 4.