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.
Oleg Ivenko
as Rudolf Nureyev
Adèle Exarchopoulos
as Clara Saint
Чулпан Хаматова
as Xenia Jurgenson
Ralph Fiennes
as Alexander Pushkin
Alexey Morozov
as Strizhevsky
Raphaël Personnaz
as Pierre Lacotte
Olivier Rabourdin
as Alexinsky
Равшана Куркова
as Farida Nureyeva
Louis Hofmann
as Teja Kremke
Sergei Polunin
as Yuri Soloviev
Maksimilian Grigoriyev
as Young Rudolf Nureyev
Анастасия Меськова
as Alla Osipenko
