Year: 2018
Running time: 127 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Screenwriter: David Hare. Book: Julie Kavanagh
Cast: Bill Skarsgård · FKA Twigs · Danny Huston · Isabella Wei · David Bowles · Paul A Maynard · Sebastian Orozco
Music: Ilan Eshkeri
Cinematography: Mike Eley
Producer: BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, Metalwork Pictures, Montebello Productions, Work in Progress
Genre: Drama | Biography. Dancing. Cold War. 1960s. Ballet. Gay & Lesbian
Synopsis: The story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West. Nureyev's 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 film offers a thrilling insight into Nureyev's dangerous defection, masterminded by the dancer's great friend, a 21-year-old Parisian, Clara Saint.
