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Nureyev

But if you will be persistentwith some quite idiotic question

But if you will be persistent
with some quite idiotic question

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But if you will be persistent with some quite idiotic question...
Duration
6 seconds
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96
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:52
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Piece of Magic Entertainment,Little Compton Films,Rattling Stick

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Movie Summary

This striking and moving documentary from BAFTA nominated directors Jacqui and David Morris traces the extraordinary life of Rudolf Nureyev. From his birth in the 5th class carriage of a trans-Siberian train, to his dramatic leap ...
...and have it come back, - Nureyev 00:13
...and have it come back,
"I don't consider us Nureyevs - Nureyev 00:36
"I don't consider us Nureyevs
"I can't exactly define what it is to be a Tartar and not a Russian, - Nureyev 00:31
"I can't exactly define what it is to be a Tartar ...
Very, very committed to what he did, and how. - Nureyev 00:27
Very, very committed to what he did, and how.
I had a little boy who was playing the part of a page. - Nureyev 00:15
I had a little boy who was playing the part of a page.
And I said, "Oh, that's wonderful. Was he nice?" - Nureyev 00:20
And I said, "Oh, that's wonderful. Was he nice?&qu...
They were flying in high, high society, Fonteyn and Nureyev. - Nureyev 00:16
They were flying in high, high society, Fonteyn and Nureyev.
There's like... - Nureyev 00:27
There's like...
There was Rudolf with a kind of almost contemptuous - Nureyev 00:12
There was Rudolf with a kind of almost contemptuous
It was a head-spinning time with Rudolf and Erik. - Nureyev 00:12
It was a head-spinning time with Rudolf and Erik.
We weren't like that with Rudolf. - Nureyev 00:14
We weren't like that with Rudolf.
I've never discussed, you know, personal stuff with Rudolf. - Nureyev 00:09
I've never discussed, you know, personal stuff with Rud...
I remember seeing Romeo and Juliet - Nureyev 00:21
I remember seeing Romeo and Juliet
Nureyev did not openly criticize the Soviet Union - Nureyev 00:51
Nureyev did not openly criticize the Soviet Union
One of the most direct ways - Nureyev 00:16
One of the most direct ways
The reason for that I think is that, - Nureyev 00:23
The reason for that I think is that,
And tonight, Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn - Nureyev 00:08
And tonight, Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn
Rudolf, being who he is, did what he naturally would do. - Nureyev 00:32
Rudolf, being who he is, did what he naturally would do.
They argue all the time. - Nureyev 00:19
They argue all the time.
Maybe we were a bit like two comets, - Nureyev 00:13
Maybe we were a bit like two comets,