Nijinsky

Genius. Madman. Animal. God. Nijinsky.

A ballet dancer struggles with his homosexuality and the increasing allure of a young ballerina who seeks to draw him away from his domineering lover.

Drama Music Romance

Alan Bates

(Sergei Diaghilev)

George De La Pena

(Vaslav Nijinsky)

Leslie Browne

(Romola de Pulsky)

Carla Fracci

(Tamara Karsavina)

Ronald Pickup

(Igor Stravinsky)

Ronald Lacey

Jeremy Irons

(Mikhail Fokine)

Vernon Dobtcheff

(Sergei Grigoriev)

Janet Suzman

(Emilia Marcus)

Colin Blakely

Siân Phillips

Frederick Jaeger

(Gabriel Astruc)

Alan Badel

(Baron de Gunzburg)

Anton Dolin

(Maestro Cecchetti)

Stephan Chase

Hetty Baynes

Charles Kay

(Argentine Ambassador)

Tomaso Milian Jr.

(Young Boy on Beach)

Monica Mason

Valerie Aitken

(Lydia Nelidova)

Genesia Rosato

(Ludmilla Schollar)

June Brown

(Maria Stepanova)

Blaise Miller

Kim Miller

(Marie Rambert)

Jamie Rauch

Mart Crowley

(Baron Adolphe De Meyer)

Olga Lowe

(Signora Cecchetti)

Marcel Vaccard

Patricia Ruanne

Dudley von Loggenburg

(Chief Polotsvian warrior)

Liliana Belfiore

(Polotsvian girl)

Manola Asensio

(Captive Persina princess)

Ben Van Cauwenbergh

Barrie Holland

(Party guest (uncredited))