Nijinsky (film)

Nijinsky
Theater poster
Directed by	Herbert Ross
Written by	Hugh Wheeler Romola Nijinsky Vaslav Nijinsky
Produced by	Nora Kaye Stanley O'Toole Harry Saltzman
Starring	Alan Bates Leslie Browne George de la Peña Alan Badel Colin Blakely Carla Fracci
Cinematography	Douglas Slocombe
Edited by	William Reynolds
Production company	Hera Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20)
Running time	129 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,047,454[1]

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 (a bowdlerized 1936 version was edited and published by his wife, Romola de Pulszky), and her 1934 biography of Nijinsky, largely ghostwritten by Lincoln Kirstein, who later co-founded the New York City Ballet.