Pas de deus

Documentary on Phesoza Lally, an Indian from Bombay and Parsee from the Ancient Persian Dynasty. She studied in London and Russia, virtually unknown as a ballerina. This is her story. Interesting for students of ballet.

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Credits

director

Prakash Jha

Duration

00:48:30:00

Production places

India

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

308466

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - India

Music & Performing Arts → Ballerinas

Music & Performing Arts → Ballerinas - Biography

Music & Performing Arts → Ballet - Australia - History

People → Ballerinas - Biography

Short films

Short films → Short films - India

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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India, 1981

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