Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness (1997)

0.0/10 • 51 min • Documentary

Overview

Despite his HIV-positive diagnosis in the early 1980s, Russian-born ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev continued to dance and work as the director of the Paris Opera, as chronicled in this documentary that focuses on Nureyev's final years. Through interviews with colleagues and friends and archival footage of his performances, the film touches on the dancer's early years, his success and his later years as he struggled to continue dancing.

Cast

Rudolf Nureyev

Self

Jack Lang

Self

Patrice Bart

Self

Laurent Hilaire

Self

Élisabeth Platel

Self

Charles Jude

Self

Liz Robertson

Self

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