The White Crow
The White Crow

The White Crow

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2018
2h 7m
6.6(249 votes)
Drama

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

BBC Film
Magnolia Mae Films
HanWay Films

Videos & Trailers

3 videos

Cast & Crew

43 members
Acting

Oleg Ivenko

Rudolf Nureyev

Oleg Ivenko
Acting

Adèle Exarchopoulos

Clara Saint

Adèle Exarchopoulos
Acting

Чулпан Хаматова

Xenia Jurgenson

Чулпан Хаматова
Acting

Ralph Fiennes

Alexander Pushkin

Ralph Fiennes
Camera

Алексей Морозов

Strizhevsky

Алексей Морозов
Acting

Raphaël Personnaz

Pierre Lacotte

Raphaël Personnaz
Acting

Olivier Rabourdin

Alexinsky

Olivier Rabourdin
Acting

Равшана Куркова

Farida Nureyeva

Равшана Куркова
Acting

Louis Hofmann

Teja Kremke

Louis Hofmann
Acting

Sergei Polunin

Yuri Soloviev

Sergei Polunin
Acting

Maksimilian Grigoriyev

Young Rudolf Nureyev

No Image
Acting

Анастасия Меськова

Alla Osipenko

Анастасия Меськова
Acting

Дмитрий Караневский

Leonid

Дмитрий Караневский
Acting

Надежда Маркина

Bureaucrat

Надежда Маркина
Acting

Kseniya Ryabinkina

Anna Udaltsova

Kseniya Ryabinkina
Acting

Zach Avery

Michael Jones

Zach Avery
Acting

Yves Heck

Jagaud-Lachaume

Yves Heck
Acting

Calypso Valois

Claire Motte

Calypso Valois
Acting

Mar Sodupe

Helena Romero

Mar Sodupe
Acting

Juliette Armanet

la chanteuse du club de jazz

Juliette Armanet
Acting

Nebojša Dugalić

Konstantin Sergeyev

Nebojša Dugalić
Acting

Igor Filipović

Trofimkin

Igor Filipović
Acting

Jovo Maksić

Romanov

Jovo Maksić
Directing

Angelina Debor

Ljuba Romankov

Angelina Debor
Acting

Jean-Baptist Demarigny

journalist

No Image
Acting

Arnaud Humbert

Journalist Le Figaro

Arnaud Humbert
Acting

Radoslav 'Rale' Milenković

Shelkov

Radoslav 'Rale' Milenković
Acting

Yann Bean

Well Wisher

Yann Bean
Acting

Pavle Čemerikić

Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux

Pavle Čemerikić
Acting

Андрей Ургант

Nicolai Ivanovsky

Андрей Ургант
Acting

Виталий Коваленко

interrogator

Виталий Коваленко
Acting

Jonathan Zaccaï

Serge Lifar

Jonathan Zaccaï
Acting

Frano Lasić

Russian waiter

Frano Lasić
Acting

Elena Trepetova

Kirov Tour Manager

Elena Trepetova
Acting

Milutin Milošević

Osipenko's lover

Milutin Milošević
Acting

Greg De Cuir

journalist

Greg De Cuir
Acting

Tamara Krcunović

journalist

Tamara Krcunović
Acting

Anna Stanic

waitress

No Image
Acting

Emmanuelle Bougerol

Cleaning Woman

Emmanuelle Bougerol
Acting

Nicoletta Braschi

Claire's Mother

Nicoletta Braschi
Acting

Antonio Scarpa

Renaissance Dancer

Antonio Scarpa
Acting

Anastasiya Gribova

Unknown Role

Anastasiya Gribova
Acting

Любовь Макеева

Unknown Role

Любовь Макеева

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