Director Ralph Fiennes depicts Rudolf Nureyev's sheer physicality and talent, whose escape to the West astonished the world at the height of the Cold War. Nureyev rose to prominence as ballet's most famous star, a wild and gorgeous dancer constrained by the milieu of 1950s Leningrad. His fascination with Western artists and ideas led to a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
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Director Ralph Fiennes depicts Rudolf Nureyev's sheer physicality and talent, whose escape to the West astonished the world at the height of the Cold War. Nureyev rose to prominence as ballet's most famous star, a wild and gorgeous dancer constrained by the milieu of 1950s Leningrad. His fascination with Western artists and ideas led to a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.
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