The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Director Robert Dornhelm casts Bud Cort for alter-ego purposes in She Dances Alone. Cort plays a documentary director, seeking to produce a film on the life of controversial ballet star Vaslav Nijinsky. He finds his goal of objectivity blocked by Nijinsky's elderly real-life daughter Kyra, who is as stocky as her father was sylph-like. Kyra's uncompromising insistence on total control over the project literally shapes (and frequently distorts) the film before our eyes. Adding to the Pirandellian atmosphere of the Australian-produced She Dances Alone is Max Von Sydow, also playing "himself."
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert DornhelmDirector
- Paul DavidsWriter
- Jon BradshawWriter
Cast
- Kyra NijinskySelf
- Patrick DupondBallet dancer
- Max von SydowNijinsky (voice)
- Sauncy LeSueurLittle Kyra
- Rosine BenaBallerina
- Jeanette EtheridgeGirlfriend
- Franco DeAltoPatient
- Laura HooverLittle Ballerina
- Walter KentPsychiatrist
- Bud CortDirector