The White Crow
“To dance you must be free”
2018•R•2h 7m•6.6•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Ralph Fiennes
Writer
David Hare
Languages
Russian, French, English
Studio
BBC Film
Cast
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
Dmitrii Karanevskii
Leonid
Nadezhda Markina
Bureaucrat
Kseniya Ryabinkina
Anna Udaltsova
Production
Company
BBC Film
Company
Magnolia Mae Films
Company
HanWay Films
Company
Metalwork Pictures
Company
Work in Progress
Company
Montebello Productions
Producer
Ralph Fiennes
Producer
Gabrielle Tana
Producer
Carolyn Marks Blackwood
Producer
François Ivernel
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