The White Crow. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2007 book, Rudolf Nureyev: The Life
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Rudolf Nureyev: The Life
Julie Kavanagh, 2007
movie vs book
Ralph Fiennes, 2018

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.