The White Crow
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.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: BBC Film, Magnolia Mae Films, HanWay Films, Metalwork Pictures, Work in Progress, Montebello Productions
- keyword: kgb, ballet dancer, biography, ballet, male homosexuality, defection, 1950s, gay history, russian ballet, male ballet dancer, lgbt interest
- cast: Oleg Ivenko, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Чулпан Хаматова, Ralph Fiennes, Alexey Morozov, Raphaël Personnaz
