- The biopic recycles Valentino's screen-sheik mythology, restaging the desert-seducer fantasy of The Sheik, down to a seduction by seven-veils dance during its filming, with Arabness serving as pure erotic costume.
Valentino (1977)
film · 1977 film directed by Ken Russell
- Director
- Ken Russell
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Distributor
- United Artists
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- biographical film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Cast
- Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane