An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.
Cinematography
Budapest locations dripping with decaying grandeur.
Costume
Tutus vs. trauma in exquisite ballet wardrobe.
Acting
Connelly's ethereal presence anchors the madness.
Director
Peter Del Monte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Connelly filmed this fresh off Labyrinth and Phenomena, completing her accidental 'teen girl in European horror' trilogy.
The film explicitly critiques Western art collectors plundering Eastern European culture, with Uncle Joshua as the ugly American archetype.
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