The White Crow backdrop

The White Crow 2018 Directed by Ralph Fiennes

To dance you must be free

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.

Production Countries Serbia , United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Languages English , French , Russian
Release Date 31 August 2018
127 mins
Cast
Oleg Ivenko Rudolf Nureyev
Chulpan Khamatova Xenia Jurgenson
Ralph Fiennes Alexander Pushkin
Alexey Morozov Strizhevsky
Raphaël Personnaz Pierre Lacotte
Ravshana Kurkova Farida Nureyeva
Louis Hofmann Teja Kremke
Sergei Polunin Yuri Soloviev
Maksimilian Grigoriyev Young Rudolf Nureyev
Anastasiya Meskova Alla Osipenko
Nadezhda Markina Bureaucrat
Kseniya Ryabinkina Anna Udaltsova
Zach Avery Michael Jones
Yves Heck Jagaud-Lachaume
Calypso Valois Claire Motte
Mar Sodupe Helena Romero
Juliette Armanet la chanteuse du club de jazz
Nebojša Dugalić Konstantin Sergeyev
Igor Filipović Trofimkin
Jovo Maksić Romanov
Angelina Debor Ljuba Romankov
Arnaud Humbert Journalist Le Figaro
Yann Bean Well Wisher
Pavle Čemerikić Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux
Andrey Urgant Nicolai Ivanovsky
Vitaliy Kovalenko interrogator
Jonathan Zaccaï Serge Lifar
Frano Lasić Russian waiter
Elena Trepetova Kirov Tour Manager
Milutin Milošević Osipenko's lover
Greg De Cuir journalist
Tamara Krcunović journalist
Anna Stanic waitress
Emmanuelle Bougerol Cleaning Woman
Nicoletta Braschi Claire's Mother
Antonio Scarpa Renaissance Dancer