I feel I will never return to my country. But I may never be happy in yours.
Capturing the raw physicality and brilliance 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 leads him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
Starring:
Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Louis Hofmann, Raphaël Personnaz, Calypso Valois, Sergei Polunin
Director:
Ralph Fiennes
Producers:
Gaby Tana, Francois Ivernel, Carolyn Marks
Screenplay:
David Hare, based on the novel by Julie Kavanagh
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Released:
22 March 2019