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Runtime: 127 min.
Production: Wlk. Brytania/Francja , 2019
Category: biography / drama
Release Date: 29 March 2019
Distribution: UIP
Directed by: Ralph Fiennes
Cast: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann
A mere 22-year-old man, wearing a dark suit and a beret, sits on a plane flying from St. Petersburg to Paris. It is 1961, Rudolf Nureseev is not yet a famous idol, an icon, for now, he is a member of the Kirov Ballet Company, a young man who for the first time in his life leaves Russia.
Parisian life stuns him, sinks in culture, art, music and everything that has to offer this extraordinary, never-fading city. That is why the KGB officers look at it with more attention, and look suspiciously at the friendship between Nuriejew and Paris, Clara Saint. So when a young artist receives a shocking order, he decides to take a step into the unknown. A step that will put him and his family in great danger. "White raven" is an unusual journey of a man who changed the face of ballet forever.
The story, inspired by the book by Julie Kavanaugh "Rudolf Nureyev: The Life", tells the story of young Nuriejew, one of the most famous dancers in history, his famous escape from Russia (1961), attempts to stop him by the KGB.
Directed by Oscar®-nominated Ralph Fiennes, based on the script by David Hare ("Hours"). In the role of master Nuriejew - the famous dancer Oleg Ivenko.