Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom

Rudolf Nureyev: Dance to Freedom 2015 Directed by Richard Curson Smith

Dance, espionage and passion come together in this powerful and exciting docudrama that tells the extraordinary story of how Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defected to the West in 1961 and became a living legend.

Countries United Kingdom , USA

Production Countries Germany , United Kingdom

Language English

Spoken Language English

Gneres Drama , TV Movie

Production Companies BBC , ZDF/Arte , IWC Films , Absinthe Film Entertainment

Release Date 19 December 2015

89 mins

Cast

Artem Ovcharenko Rudolf Nureyev

Svetlana Smirnova Clara Saint

Artem Yakovlev Yuri Soloviev

Yuriy Utkin Vitaly Strizhevsky

Denis Aliev Pierre Lacotte

Vladimir Chernyshov Konstantin Sergeyev

Svetlana Bednenko Alla Osipenko

Nataliya Grigorutsa Natalia Dudinskaya

Alina Murzagalieva Tamara Zakrzhevskaya

Elena Rusina Claire Motte

Konstantin Kordo-Syesoev Gregor Alexinski

Anna Tikhomirova Ghislaine Thesmar

Crew

Director

Richard Curson Smith

Writer

Richard Curson Smith

Producer

Richard Curson Smith

Executive Producers

Franny Moyle

Jan Younghusband

Greg Sanderson

Original Writer

Diane Solway