Specter of the Rose (1946)
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Writer/director Ben Hecht brings "art" to the artless environs of Republic Pictures in the one-of-a-kind melodrama Spectre of the Rose. The film is set in the rarefied world of the Ballet, featuring a curious blend of ballet artists and veteran Hollywood character actors. Ivan Kirov plays… More Writer/director Ben Hecht brings "art" to the artless environs of Republic Pictures in the one-of-a-kind melodrama Spectre of the Rose. The film is set in the rarefied world of the Ballet, featuring a curious blend of ballet artists and veteran Hollywood character actors. Ivan Kirov plays Andre Sanine, a dancer who goes insane every time he hears the music for "Spectre de la Rose". Ballerina Haidi (Violet Kessen), convinced that she can cure Andre of his mental aberration, marries him, despite rumors that he has murdered his first wife. All goes well until Andre is once more compelled to perform "Spectre de la Rose"?and then??Ivan Kirov and Violet Kessen are far more accomplished as dancers than as actors, though Kirov is slightly better than his costar. More at home in the histrionics deparment are Judith Anderson as a patroness of the arts, Michael Chekhov as an apoplectic dance impresario, and Lionel Stander as a Greenwich village poet--all quite adept at mouthing Ben Hecht's eloquent witticisms, of which there are dozens. Spectre of the Rose clearly wasn't designed to please everyone; lovers of the ballet and Hecht aficionados will probably best appreciate the film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ben Hecht
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 5, 1946 Wide
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Cast
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Judith Anderson
as La Belle Sylph
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Michael Chekhov
as Max Polikoff
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Ivan Kirov
as Andre Sanine
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Viola Essen
as Heidi
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Lionel Stander
as Lionel Gans
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Charles "Red" Marshall
as Specs McFarlan
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George Shadnoff
as Kropotkin
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Billy Gray
as Jack James
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Juan Panalle
as Jibby
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Lew Hearn
as Mr. Lyons
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Ferike Boros
as Mamochka
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Ferdinand Pollina
as Giovanni
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Polly Rose
as Olga
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Jim Moran
as Jimmy
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Allan Cooke
as Ballet dancer
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John Stanley
as Ballet dancer
