opens her arms wide, showing Zarema that she would welcome death. Zarema is stunned and falls to the ground. Maria tries to comfort her, but Zarema has seen the Khan's hat on the floor. Fearing the worst, she is again inflamed with jealousy. As the Khan and his guards rush in to try and stop her, Zarema breaks free and stabs Maria to death. The Khan draws his own dagger to kill Zarema, but she kneels down in front of him and offers her chest to the knife, just as Maria did. The Khan cannot kill her, but commands the guards to take her away to be flung to her death from the palace walls. In the court, Khan Girey sits, devastated, and stares at the Fountain of Tears, as his orders are carried out. Popular culture The Stars of the Russian Ballet is a 1953 Soviet film production that includes abridged versions of Swan Lake, The Fountain of Bakhchisarai and Flames of Paris. In the film the roles were danced by Galina Ulanova (Maria), Maya Plisetskaya (Zarema), Pyotr Gusev (Khan Girey), and Yuri Zhdanov (Vaslav). This is the only known footage of Ulanova and Plisetskaya, who succeeded Ulanova as prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi Theatre, dancing together. Notes Reviews NY Times, by Anna Kisselgoff, Saturday, July 10, 1999 film reviews NY Times, September 6, 1954 NY Times by Jennifer Dunning,: January 29, 1984 External links YouTube: Ulanova and Plisetskaya in excerpts from the ballet. Ballets by Boris Asafyev Ballets by Rostislav Zakharov 1934 ballet premieres Works based on poems Adaptations of works by Alexander Pushkin