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To dance you must be free - The White Crow
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Title: The White Crow

Release Date: 31 Aug 2018

Runtime: 2h 7m

Genre: Drama

Director: BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, HanWay Films, Metalwork Pictures, Work in Progress, Montebello Productions

Production Companies: BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, HanWay Films, Metalwork Pictures, Work in Progress, Montebello Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (237 votes)

Cast

  • Rudolf Nureyev: Oleg Ivenko
  • Clara Saint: Adèle Exarchopoulos
  • Xenia Jurgenson: Chulpan Khamatova
  • Alexander Pushkin: Ralph Fiennes
  • Strizhevsky: Alexey Morozov
  • Pierre Lacotte: Raphaël Personnaz
  • Alexinsky: Olivier Rabourdin
  • Farida Nureyeva: Ravshana Kurkova
  • Teja Kremke: Louis Hofmann
  • Yuri Soloviev: Sergei Polunin
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