Nijinsky

1980, Movie, R, 129 mins

Based on two years of Vaslav Nijinsky's life, NIJINSKY stars George De La Pena (a dancer with the American Ballet Theatre) as the title ballet pioneer. The film focuses on the triangular love story among Nijinsky, Sergei Diaghilev (Alan Bates), and Romola Nijinsky, nee De Pulsky (Leslie Brown), the dancer-choreographer's wife. Baron De Gunzburg (Alan Badel), who like Diaghilev is homosexual, is Nijinsky's benefactor until he falls under the spell of Diaghilev, who pushes Nijinsky so hard he begins to crack under the strain and masturbates onstage while performing "The Afternoon of a Faun." Ronald Pickup appears as Igor Stravinsky, who is shown deploring the ill rec...
Released: 1980 Rated: R Length: 129 mins
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