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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and prestige.
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Cast
- Oleg IvenkoRudolf Nureyev
- Adèle ExarchopoulosClara Saint
- Chulpan KhamatovaXenia Jurgenson
- Ralph FiennesAlexander Pushkin
- Alexey MorozovStrizhevsky
- Raphaël PersonnazPierre Lacotte
- Olivier RabourdinAlexinsky
- Ravshana KurkovaFarida Nureyeva
- Louis HofmannTeja Kremke
- Sergei PoluninYuri Soloviev
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- Ralph FiennesDirector
- David HareWriter
- Mike EleyDirector of Photography
- Ilan EshkeriOriginal Music Composer
- Barney PillingEditor
- Ralph FiennesProducer
- Gabrielle TanaProducer
- Carolyn Marks BlackwoodProducer
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