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Valentino

Valentino

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Valentino

"In life he was a movie star, in death he became a legend."

1977

2h 8m

5.8(49 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.

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Production Companies

Winkler Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolph Valentino

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Alla Nazimova

Michelle Phillips

Michelle Phillips

Natasha Rambova

Carol Kane

Carol Kane

Starlet

Felicity Kendal

Felicity Kendal

June Mathis

Seymour Cassel

Seymour Cassel

George Ullman

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

Rory O'Neil

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Jesse Lasky

David de Keyser

David de Keyser

Joseph Schenck

Alfred Marks

Alfred Marks

Richard Rowland

Creative team

Directed by: Ken Russell
Written by: Mardik Martin
Ken Russell
Produced by: Irwin Winkler
Robert Chartoff

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