Valentino

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Barcelona

Shooting: 
1977
Release: 
1977
Type: 
Feature Film
Director: 
Ken Russell
Production Co.: 
United Artists, Chartoff-Winkler Productions
Country: 
UK
Based on: 
The biography "Valentino, an Intimate Expose of the Sheik" by Chaw Mank and Brad Steiger
Actors: 
Rudolf Nureyev, Michelle Phillips, Leslie Caron, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel, Huntz Hall, Alfred Marks, David De Keyser, Anton Diffring
Synopsis: 

In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide - that actor was Rudolph Valentino. Ballroom dancer Valentino manipulated his good looks and animal-like grace into a Hollywood career. His smouldering love making, tinged with a touch of masterful cruelty, expressed a sexuality which was at once both shocking and sensual.