The White Crow
Synopsis
With his magnetic presence, Rudolf 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 at the height of the Cold War.
With a drum-tight script by David Hare, 'White Crow' offers a thrilling insight into Nureyev's dangerous defection, masterminded by the dancer’s great friend, 21 year-old Parisian Clara Saint. With an astonishing finale at Le Bourget airport in Paris, Nureyev leaps to freedom, and in so doing defines his destiny.
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 122 mins
- Director
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Ralph Fiennes
- Producer
- Gabrielle Tana, François Ivernel, Andrew Levitas
- Executive Producer
- Joe Oppenheimer, Charles de Rosen, Beth Pattinson, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Robert Jones, Anne Sheehan, Peter Watson
- Screenwriter
- David Hare (screenplay), Julie Kavangh (Nureyev biography)
- Director of Photography
- Mike Eley
- Principal cast
- Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sergei Polunin, Ralph Fiennes, Chulpan Khamatova, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz, Louis Hofmann
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Magnolia Mae Productions, Metalwork Pictures, Montebello Productions, Work in Progress production developed by BBC Films, in association Rogue Black, Hanway Films, The Fyzz Facility
Magnolia Mae Productions
Gabrielle TanaSales Company
HanWay Films
24 Hanway StreetLondon
W1T 1UH
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