The White Crow

The White Crow

To dance you must be free

2018•2h 7m•6.6/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(255)

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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Production

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

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Oleg Ivenko

Oleg Ivenko

Rudolf Nureyev

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Clara Saint

Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova

Xenia Jurgenson

Ralph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes

Alexander Pushkin

Alexey Morozov

Alexey Morozov

Strizhevsky

Raphaël Personnaz

Raphaël Personnaz

Pierre Lacotte

Olivier Rabourdin

Olivier Rabourdin

Alexinsky

Ravshana Kurkova

Ravshana Kurkova

Farida Nureyeva

Louis Hofmann

Louis Hofmann

Teja Kremke

Sergei Polunin

Sergei Polunin

Yuri Soloviev

Maksimilian Grigoriyev

Young Rudolf Nureyev

Anastasiya Meskova

Anastasiya Meskova

Alla Osipenko

Dmitrii Karanevskii

Dmitrii Karanevskii

Leonid

Nadezhda Markina

Nadezhda Markina

Bureaucrat

Kseniya Ryabinkina

Kseniya Ryabinkina

Anna Udaltsova

Zach Avery

Zach Avery

Michael Jones

Yves Heck

Yves Heck

Jagaud-Lachaume

Calypso Valois

Calypso Valois

Claire Motte

Mar Sodupe

Helena Romero

Juliette Armanet

Juliette Armanet

la chanteuse du club de jazz

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