The White Crow (2018)
August 31, 2018
Drama
2h 7m
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To dance you must be free
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Ralph Fiennes
- Rudolf Nureyev Oleg Ivenko
- Clara Saint Adèle Exarchopoulos
- Xenia Jurgenson Chulpan Khamatova
- Alexander Pushkin Ralph Fiennes
- Strizhevsky Alexey Morozov
- Pierre Lacotte Raphaël Personnaz
- Alexinsky Olivier Rabourdin
- Farida Nureyeva Ravshana Kurkova
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Keywords
- kgb
- ballet dancer
- biography
- ballet
- male homosexuality
- defection
- 1950s
- gay history
- russian ballet
- male ballet dancer