Nijinsky (1980)
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40% of critics liked it
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25% of users liked it
(65 ratings)
The deeper, broader issues behind the rise and fall of one of the world's greatest ballet dancers and choreographers, Vaslav Nijinksy (1888-1950), is not at the fulcrum of this two-hour British biographical drama. Director Herbert Ross and screenwriter Hugh Wheeler base the film on… More The deeper, broader issues behind the rise and fall of one of the world's greatest ballet dancers and choreographers, Vaslav Nijinksy (1888-1950), is not at the fulcrum of this two-hour British biographical drama. Director Herbert Ross and screenwriter Hugh Wheeler base the film on Nijinsky's diaries and his wife's book Nijinsky but what they portray are the years between 1912-1913 and Nijinsky's affair with Sergei Diaghliev, his mentor and the impresario and founder of Ballets Russes. With the life of the great man (played by dancer George de la Pena) explained via the dominant, impossible personality of Diaghliev and the love of his wife (Leslie Browne), there is no room for larger questions. The business and politics and especially the homosexuality that are involved with the art of ballet are also given primary focus. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Herbert Ross
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 20, 1980 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
... this unorthodox documentary works for those who have a sensitivity to the artist and to his struggles against such a cold and indifferent world.
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David Noh, Film Journal International
It's arty to a fault and also a complete mess, the kind of thing that could make even the staunchest aesthete yearn for a Hollywood action flick.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
A bold and imaginatively realized profile of a defiant artist slowly sinking into madness.
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Cast
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Alan Bates
as Sergei Diaghilev
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George De La Pena
as Vaslav Nijinsky
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Leslie Browne
as Romola de Pulsky
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Alan Badel
as Baron de Gunzburg
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Carla Fracci
as Tamara Karsavina
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Janet Suzman
as Emilia Marcus
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Colin Blakely
as Vassili
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Ronald Pickup
as Igor Stravinksy
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Ronald Lacey
as Leon Bakst
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Sian Phillips
as Lady Ripon
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Henrietta Baynes
as Magda
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June Brown
as Maria Stepanova
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Vernon Dobtcheff
as Sergei Grigoriev
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Geoffrey Hughes
as Gavrilov
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Jeremy Irons
as Mikhail Fokine
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Frederick Jaeger
as Gabriel Astruc
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Charles Kay
as Argentinian Ambassador
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Olga Lowe
as Signora Cerchetti
- Tomas Milian
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Mart Crowley
as Baron Adolphe De Meyer
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Anton Dolin
as Maestro Cecchetti
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Alden 'Stephen' Chase
as Adolph Bolm
