
Overview
The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
Details
- Director
- Ralph Fiennes
- Writer
- David Hare
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Alexey Morozov
Chulpan Khamatova
Louis Hofmann
Oleg Ivenko
Olivier Rabourdin
Ralph Fiennes
Raphaël Personnaz
Ravshana Kurkova
Sergei Polunin
Keywords
1950s
ballet
ballet dancer
biography
defection
gay history
kgb
male ballet dancer
male homosexuality
russian ballet
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