United Kingdom / Oct 18, 2018 / London Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ravshana Kurkova | Farida Nureyeva |
| Louis Hofmann | Teja Kremke |
| Sergei Polunin | Yuri Soloviev |
| Maksimilian Grigoriyev | Young Rudolf Nureyev |
| Anastasiya Meskova | Alla Osipenko |
| Dmitrii Karanevskii | Leonid |
| 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 |
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| Jean-Baptist Demarigny | journalist |
| Arnaud Humbert | Journalist Le Figaro |
| Radoslav 'Rale' Milenković | Shelkov |
| 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 |
| Anastasiya Gribova | |
| Lyubov Makeeva |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The White Crow |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский, Français, English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom, Serbia |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, HanWay Films, Metalwork Pictures, Work in Progress, Montebello Productions |
| Official site | sonyclassics.com |
| Release date | 31 agosto 2018 |
| Executive producer | Robert Jones, Marie-Gabrielle Stewart, Peter Watson, Liam Neeson, Anne Sheehan, Charles de Rosen, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Joe Oppenheimer, Lisa Wolofsky |
| Production | Mark Cooper, Meg Clark, Ralph Fiennes, Gabrielle Tana, Andrew Levitas, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, François Ivernel |
| Writer | David Hare, Julie Kavanagh |
| Casting | Alla Petelina, Elodie Demey, Anja Dihrberg, Nenad Pavlović |
| Editing | Barney Pilling |
| Cinematography | Mike Eley |
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Release dates
Premiere
Japan / Oct 27, 2018 / G / Tokyo International Film Festival
Italy / Nov 25, 2018 / Torino Film Festival
Hong Kong / Mar 23, 2019 / Hong Kong International Film Festival
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Russia / Apr 19, 2019 / 16+ / Moscow International Film Festival
Spain / Apr 26, 2019 / BCN Film Fest
South Korea / Aug 10, 2019 / Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
Limited release
United States / Aug 31, 2018 / Telluride Film Festival
Theatrical release
United Kingdom / Mar 22, 2019 / 12A
Netherlands / Apr 11, 2019 / 12
Russia / Apr 20, 2019 / 16+
Estonia / Apr 26, 2019
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Spain / May 01, 2019
Greece / Jun 13, 2019
France / Jun 19, 2019 / U
Italy / Jun 27, 2019
Singapore / Jun 27, 2019 / M18
Germany / Sep 26, 2019 / 6
Digital
Ireland / Mar 22, 2019 / 12
Poland / Mar 29, 2019 / 12
Austria / Sep 27, 2019 / 6
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