David Lichine Nana Gollner in Spring Night - score by Joseph Achron

This is an early experimental ballet film - choreographed and danced by David Lichine and the beautiful American dancer Nana Gollner. The score is from Joseph Achron, who also wrote Hebrew Melody. His friend the composer Arnold Schönberg described Achron in his obituary as “one of the most underrated modern composers“. This film’s creative origins lie in the Diaghilev sphere of influence. Produced by Adolf Zucker, long-lived pioneer of the film industry. Made in 1935, only 6 years after the death of Di