The Sleeping Beauty

The Sleeping Beauty

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1972

Runtime

1h 27m

User Score

20%

Original Title

The Sleeping Beauty

Production Companies

CBC

Description

Ballet luminary Rudolf Nureyev choreographed this spectacular 1972 National Ballet of Canada production of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty," and also stars as Prince Florimund opposite Veronica Tennant as Princess Aurora. After Princess Aurora is cursed at birth, she pricks her finger and sleeps for 100 years, until Prince Florimund wakes her with a kiss. Conductor George Crum leads the Orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada.