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6.6The 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.
Released: 2018-08-31127 minDir: Ralph FiennesDrama
Cast
- Oleg Ivenko as Rudolf Nureyev
- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Clara Saint
- Chulpan Khamatova as Xenia Jurgenson
- Ralph Fiennes as Alexander Pushkin
- Alexey Morozov as Strizhevsky
- Raphaël Personnaz as Pierre Lacotte
Themes
- kgb
- ballet dancer
- biography
- ballet
- male homosexuality
- defection
- 1950s
- gay history
- russian ballet
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