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.

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

N/A

Maksimilian Grigoriyev

Young Rudolf Nureyev

Anastasiya Meskova

Alla Osipenko