Nureyev's Don Quixote / DVD

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Don Quixote is a 1973 Australian ballet film starring Rudolph Nureyev and Robert Helpmann.

The ballet had been added to the repertoire of the Australian Ballet in 1970 and was one of Nureyev's most popular parts. Finance to film it was raised mostly in the US with most of the crew coming from Australia but a British cinematographer was used. It was shot over four weeks starting 13 November 1972 in a converted airport hangar in Essendon. They used a soundtrack which had been pre-recorded a month earlier.