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Jacques Sadoul's villa Les Pins Parasols at Sainte Maxime, France.
The Prokofievs spent the summer of 1932 there.
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Serge Prokofiev plays for those involved in the filming of Lieutenant Kizhe.
At seven o'clock a group from Belgoskino came to me with Gusman and Feinzimmer.
At Belgoskino; it's strange the first time. We checked materials and music. They run a few tests for costumes and ways of speaking. I attack the Russian theatre and its style of speech, saying that the American way is more natural. The only good thing is that after they say "Cut!" there's a "party". Then they filmed me playing the Gavotte and the Toccata for the newsreels. The light is blinding, the arc lights hot. It takes time. I play bits of the Toccata badly but there's no time to do them again. I go back home and sleep. (Diary, 1933)
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