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Nijinsky

Play trailer Poster for Nijinsky R,  1980,  2h 5m,  Biography/ LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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Russian ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky has a scandalous affair with impresario Sergei Diaghilev and goes mad.
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Bruce McCabe Boston Globe Apr 28, 2018
Unfortunately, the film's defects spoil a bravura performance by Alan Bates, perhaps the actor of the past decade. Go to Full Review
Aaron Cohen Gay Community News (Boston) Aug 30, 2022
Nijinsky has the virtues of an ambitious project that tried to do the impossible and came up with doing several improbable things with distinction if not much sense of elan. Go to Full Review
Steve Martz Washington Blade May 20, 2022
Nijinsky is one of those rare movies from which one emerges feeling fully quenched, satisfied that the film has plumbed the depths of its material and brought forth a vision of humanity that is worth pondering. Go to Full Review
El Pais Staff El Pais (Spain) Aug 14, 2019
The costumes and stage design of the Russian ballet have been dramatized with meticulous care and historical accuracy. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 25, 2005
2/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Aug 29, 2003
2/5
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Herbert Ross

Director

Alan Bates

Sergei Diaghilev

George De La Pena

Vaslav Nijinsky

Leslie Browne

Romola de Pulsky

Ronald Pickup

Igor Stravinsky

Alan Badel

Baron de Gunzburg

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Movie Info

Synopsis Russian ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky has a scandalous affair with impresario Sergei Diaghilev and goes mad.
Director
Herbert Ross
Producer
Nora Kaye, Stanley O'Toole
Screenwriter
Hugh Wheeler
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Hera Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Biography, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 21, 1980, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 13, 2014
Runtime
2h 5m
Sound Mix
Surround
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