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.
Oleg Ivenko , Adèle Exarchopoulos , Chulpan Khamatova , Ralph Fiennes , Alexey Morozov , Raphaël Personnaz , Olivier Rabourdin , Ravshana Kurkova , Louis Hofmann , Sergei Polunin
BBC Film
