--- title: 'Nijinsky (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Herbert Ross' released: '1980-01-01' runtime_minutes: 124 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' - 'Music' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nijinsky-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081235/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Nijinsky (1980) 1980 · 124 min · Drama, History, Music · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis Nijinsky is a 1980 American biographical film directed by Herbert Ross. Hugh Wheeler wrote a screenplay that explores the later life and career of Vaslav Nijinsky; it was based largely on the premier danseur's personal diaries, and her 1934 biography of Nijinsky, largely ghostwritten by Lincoln Kirstein, who later co-founded the New York City Ballet. ## Credits - **Director:** [Herbert Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-ross) - **Screenplay:** [Hugh Wheeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-wheeler) - **Producer:** [Harry Saltzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-saltzman), [Nora Kaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-kaye), [Stanley O'Toole](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-o-toole) - **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe) ## Cast - [Leslie Browne](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-browne) - [Ronald Pickup](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-pickup) - [Vernon Dobtcheff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-dobtcheff) - [Siân Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/sian-phillips) - [Jeremy Irons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-irons) - [Colin Blakely](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-blakely) - [Alan Badel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-badel) - [Ronald Lacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-lacey) - [Alan Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-bates) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/nijinsky-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2710864); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.