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.
Production
BBC Film · Magnolia Mae Films · HanWay Films · Metalwork Pictures · Work in Progress · Montebello Productions
Cast & Characters
Oleg Ivenko
Rudolf Nureyev
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Clara Saint
Chulpan Khamatova
Xenia Jurgenson
Ralph Fiennes
Alexander Pushkin
Alexey Morozov
Strizhevsky
Raphaël Personnaz
Pierre Lacotte
Olivier Rabourdin
Alexinsky
Ravshana Kurkova
Farida Nureyeva
Louis Hofmann
Teja Kremke
Sergei Polunin
Yuri Soloviev
Maksimilian Grigoriyev
Young Rudolf Nureyev
Anastasiya Meskova
Alla Osipenko
Directors & Crew
Ralph Fiennes
Director
David Hare
Writer
Carolyn Marks Blackwood
Producer
Ralph Fiennes
Producer
François Ivernel
Producer
Andrew Levitas
Producer
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