
Ilse Liepa
Biography
Ilse M. Liepa (22 November 1963) is a Russian ballerina, actress of theatre and cinema. People's artist of Russia (2002). People's artist of Karelia (2007). Laureate of the State prize of Russia (2003). Laureate of national theatre award "Golden mask" (2003).
Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Runa
In the circus of the city Zurbagan a mysterious stranger with the ability to fly. Many present at this performance, however, few people think about what is happening.

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes • as Тамара Карсавина - балерина
In this TV-series the events of the beginning of the 20th century in Russia are highlighted. Revolutioners, terrorists, spies - and investigator Putilovskii and his team fight them as best they can.

Movie - 2005, 2h 15m • as The Countess (Pique Dame)
Pique Dame (or "The Queen of Spades") inspired by Alexander Pushkin, set to a music by Tchaikovsky; Passacaglia (or "Passacaille") set to a music by Anton Webern: two Roland Petit masterpieces brought together on one memorable evening at the Bolshoi Theater of Moscow. Recorded live, 19th of May 2005.

Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
About the life of Elizabeth Feodorovna, sister of the last Russian Empress.

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Galina
Young Tanya and Sasha decide to create a dance show in order to convince their families and the whole world in their love to dance.

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A dazzling film version of three favourite ballets from the Diaghilev Ballets Russes seasons in Paris.

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An unofficial sequel to the movie "Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession". The events take place on New Year's Eve 1997-1998, 24 years after the events of the movie. According to the plot, the main characters (Shurik, Bunsha, Zina and Ulyana Andreyevna) are going to celebrate New Year's Eve, and the engineer Alexander Sergeyevich Timofeev (Shurik) decides to present his recreated (and modernized) time machine to the guests. Having gone to the XVI century, they find there an aged Georges Miloslavsky, who has been sitting as regent for 25 years instead of Ivan the Terrible, who has run away; the Tsar was so inspired by the profession of Zina and Yakin that he decided to try his hand at filmmaking and went to "Mosfilm" instead of the Tsar's chambers. In an effort to correct the disruption of the course of history, the heroes re-engage the time machine and travel back to the 1970s in search of the Tsar, who dreams of becoming an actor.

Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Swan-mother
In the forest a holiday — the deer Bambi was born, the son of the leader, the prince, the heir to the crown. Bambi is still small, and the whole huge world around him appears like a fairy tale. In this tale, he meets many miracles: animals and trees, the sun and the river, his second cousins and sister, squirrel, funny hares and beautiful swans. But in the fairy forest, where everyone lives together, there is He... The one whose name is not called. Whom everyone is afraid of, even the most powerful animals. Bambi will face a series of dangers, adventures and new knowledge, before he grows up and rightfully takes the place of an unnamed father - he will become the leader of his pack.

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as The Goddess of the Lotus
The Maris Liepa Charitable Foundation presents the one-act ballet "The Blue God" from Sergei Diaghilev's "Russian Seasons". A girl saves a young man from becoming a monk with the help of the Lotus Goddess and the Blue God. Despite his participation in the main roles of Nijinsky and Karsavina, "The Blue God" in 1912 failed in Diaghilev's entreprise, as it was set to the faded music of Reynaldo Khan. Andris Liepa replaced it with Alexander Scriabin's "Divine Poem", and Mikhail Fokin's unreleased choreography with a modern interpretation by Englishman Wen Eagling, but theater-goers and critics considered the new production a failure, while noting the outstanding work of artist Anna Nezhnaya in restoring costumes and decorations. Recording of a performance at the Latvian National Opera (Riga).

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m • as Swan mother
Second of the two movies bases on the novel "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" written by Felix Salten.

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m • as Elizaveta Alekseevna
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Based on Alexander Pushkin's novel "The Queen of Spades." The modern situation is projected onto the plot of "The Queen of Spades."

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Mrs. Stahlbaum
The Bolshoi's acclaimed 80s production of Tchaikovsky's Holiday classic.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
On the day of the 150th anniversary of Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky, an evening dedication "Outside the System" took place on the Main Stage of the Moscow Art Theater. The production is based on documentary material — letters, memoirs, memoirs, diaries, recordings of rehearsals. The fate of the founder of the Moscow Art Theater is reflected in the testimonies of his greatest contemporaries, friends, students and opponents.

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
For the first time in the history of navigation, two Russian ships Vostok and Mirny reached the shores of Antarctica. The conquests of the Bellingshausen and Lazarev expedition were then questioned by the maritime powers. And now, in the 40s of the twentieth century, a young Leningrad scientist Golovin, who spent many years searching for expedition maps, discovers documents from the naval archive in the German-occupied territory...