The White Crow
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The White Crow (2018)

18/10/2018 (GB)
Drama
2h 7m

To dance you must be free

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.

  • Ralph FiennesDirector
  • David HareWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • kgb
  • ballet dancer
  • biography
  • ballet
  • male homosexuality
  • defection
  • 1950s
  • gay history
  • russian ballet
  • male ballet dancer

Top Billed Cast

Oleg Ivenko

Oleg Ivenko

Rudolf Nureyev

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Clara Saint

Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova

Xenia Jurgenson

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Alexander Pushkin

Alexey Morozov

Alexey Morozov

Strizhevsky

Raphaël Personnaz

Raphaël Personnaz

Pierre Lacotte

Olivier Rabourdin

Olivier Rabourdin

Alexinsky

Ravshana Kurkova

Ravshana Kurkova

Farida Nureyeva

Louis Hofmann

Louis Hofmann

Teja Kremke

Sergei Polunin

Sergei Polunin

Yuri Soloviev

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