About Nijinsky
- Released on March 20, 1980
The film suggests Nijinsky was driven into madness by both his consuming ambition and self-enforced heterosexuality, the latter prompted by his romantic involvement with Romola de Pulszky, a society girl who joins impresario Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes specifically to seduce Nijinsky. After a series of misunderstandings with Diaghilev, who is both his domineering mentor and possessive lover, Nijinsky succumbs to Romola's charms and marries her, after which his gradual decline from artistic moodiness to complete lunacy begins.
Full Cast of Nijinsky
Alan Bates plays Sergei Diaghilev
George de la Peña plays Vaslav Nijinsky
Leslie Browne plays Romola de Pulsky
Carla Fracci plays Tamara Karsavina
Ronald Pickup plays Igor Stravinsky
Ronald Lacey plays Leon Bakst
Jeremy Irons plays Mikhail Fokine
Vernon Dobtcheff plays Sergei Grigoriev
Janet Suzman plays Emilia Marcus
Colin Blakely plays Vassili
Siân Phillips plays Lady Ripon
Frederick Jaeger plays Gabriel Astruc
Alan Badel plays Baron de Gunzburg
Anton Dolin plays Maestro Cecchetti
Stephan Chase plays Adolph Bolm
Hetty Baynes plays Magda
Charles Kay plays Argentine Ambassador
Tomaso Milian Jr. plays Young Boy on Beach
Monica Mason plays Maria Piltz
Valerie Aitken plays Lydia Nelidova
Genesia Rosato plays Ludmilla Schollar
June Brown plays Maria Stepanova
Blaise Miller plays Lisi
Kim Miller plays Marie Rambert
Jamie Rauch plays Page
Mart Crowley plays Baron Adolphe De Meyer
Olga Lowe plays Signora Cecchetti
Marcel Vaccard plays Leon Myassin
Patricia Ruanne plays The doll
Dudley von Loggenburg plays Chief Polotsvian warrior
Liliana Belfiore plays Polotsvian girl
Manola Asensio plays Captive Persina princess
Ben Van Cauwenbergh plays Max Froman
Crew of Nijinsky
Production
Directing
Sound
Editing
Art
Costume & Make-Up
Writing
Camera
Crew
Lighting
- Alan Bates
- George de la Peña
- Leslie Browne
- Carla Fracci
- Ronald Pickup
- Ronald Lacey
- Jeremy Irons
- Vernon Dobtcheff
- Janet Suzman
- Colin Blakely
- Siân Phillips
- Frederick Jaeger
- Alan Badel
- Anton Dolin
- Stephan Chase
- Hetty Baynes
- Charles Kay
- Tomaso Milian Jr.
- Monica Mason
- Valerie Aitken
- Genesia Rosato
- June Brown
- Blaise Miller
- Kim Miller
- Jamie Rauch
- Mart Crowley
- Olga Lowe
- Marcel Vaccard
- Patricia Ruanne
- Dudley von Loggenburg
- Liliana Belfiore
- Manola Asensio
- Ben Van Cauwenbergh