The light, airy image of the fairy-tale Sylph captured James' heart. And the witch's gloomy predictions that James and Effie's wedding will be upset are coming true. The hero leaves home with only one desire - to catch up with his dream. James finds himself in a magical forest. The witch and her assistants are cooking a sinister potion in a cauldron. She takes out a light scarf from the infernal boiling mixture. But in its changeable lightness, it conceals doom... Staged by the Leningrad State Academic Maly Opera and Ballet Theater.
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Elena Macheret Director · August Bournonville Author
First release December 25, 1978 · Produced in Russia · Original title Сильфида
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Central Television USSR
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Original title
Сильфида
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Russian
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Russia · December 25, 1978
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