title: Nights of Farewell
text: # Nights of Farewell
  
  Nights of Farewell (Russian: Третья молодость) is a 1965 Soviet-French drama film directed by Isaak Menaker and Jean Dréville.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film tells about the young dancer Marius Petipa, who is invited to St. Petersburg, which will completely change his life.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Gilles Ségal as Marius Petipa
  * Oleg Strizhenov as Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  * Jacques Ferrière as Anton Minkh
  * Natalya Velichko as Mashenka Surovshchikova
  * Nikolay Cherkasov as Gedeonov
  * Nikolay Trofimov as Petrov
  * Gennadiy Nilov as Lev Ivanov
  * Alla Larionova as Lyubov Leonidovna
  