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.
The White Crow
“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.
Director
Ralph Fiennes
Status
Released
Production
BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, HanWay Films, Metalwork Pictures, Work in Progress, Montebello Productions
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
Zach Avery
Michael Jones
Yves Heck
Jagaud-Lachaume
Calypso Valois
Claire Motte
Mar Sodupe
Helena Romero
Juliette Armanet
la chanteuse du club de jazz
Nebojša Dugalić
Konstantin Sergeyev
Igor Filipović
Trofimkin
Jovo Maksić
Romanov
Angelina Debor
Ljuba Romankov
Jean-Baptist Demarigny
journalist
Arnaud Humbert
Journalist Le Figaro
Radoslav 'Rale' Milenković
Shelkov
Yann Bean
Well Wisher
Pavle Čemerikić
Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Andrey Urgant
Nicolai Ivanovsky
Vitaliy Kovalenko
interrogator
Jonathan Zaccaï
Serge Lifar
Frano Lasić
Russian waiter
Elena Trepetova
Kirov Tour Manager
Milutin Milošević
Osipenko's lover
Greg De Cuir
journalist
Tamara Krcunović
journalist
Anna Stanic
waitress
Emmanuelle Bougerol
Cleaning Woman
Nicoletta Braschi
Claire's Mother
Antonio Scarpa
Renaissance Dancer
Anastasiya Gribova
Lyubov Makeeva
Video Gallery
Official Trailer
Official US Trailer
