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The Swan song by Anton Chekhov

United States, 1971
film

The curtain rises in an old theatre, the audience and the cleaning women have all gone home. It is dark and musty and the stage has been cleared of all scener..

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The Audition

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United States, 2000
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Black Swan

United States of America, 2010
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Swan Lake

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America

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Anton Chekhov: a writer's life

Soviet Union, 1974
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Alice in Wonderland

United States, 1930
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A Curtain yarn

Australia, 2005
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Modern times

United States, 1936
Similarity: 68%

Vanya on 42nd Street

United States, 1994
Similarity: 68%

The Silence and the night

France, 1978
Similarity: 68%

All the World's a Stage

United States, 1977
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Swan Lake

Soviet Union, 1983
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The Phantom of the opera

United States, 1925
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Stars of the Russian ballet

Romania, 1953
Similarity: 67%

The Film of the Royal Ballet

United Kingdom, 1959
Similarity: 67%
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