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Black Tights


Distributor : Les Artistes Associés, for France,
Magna Pictures, for the USA,
British Lion, for Great-Britain
(1960 - 136 minutes)
Producers : Joseph Kaufman, Simon Schiffrin
Director : Terence Young
Writers : Roland Petit, based on stories by Roland Petit, Alfred Adam, Edmond Rostand, Georges Bizet
Composers : Jean-Michel Damase, Marius Constant, Maurice Thiriet, Georges Bizet
Choreographer : Roland Petit
Costume Designers : Georges Wakhevitch, Yves Saint-Laurent, Christian Dior, Antoni Clavé
Cast :
Maurice Chevalier Narrator
Zizi Jeanmaire
Dirk Sanders
Roland Petit
Moira Shearer
Cyd Charisse

Plot outline :

Four classical ballet numbers by Roland Petit are narrated by Maurice Chevalier.


 Chronology and performers of the numbers

La Croqueuse de Diamants (The Diamond Cruncher)
Zizi Jeanmaire, Dirk Sanders
Cyrano de Bergerac
Moira Shearer, Roland Petit, George Reich
Deuil en Vingt-Quatre Heures (A Merry Mourning)
Cyd Charisse, Roland Petit, Hans Van Manen
Carmen
Zizi Jeanmaire, Roland Petit, Henning Kronstam


 Pictures from the movie




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