In 1938, Rudolph Nureyev was born in a train.

He lived his first years in the misery and famine of the dark years of Stalinism.

When war breaks out, his father goes into battle.

While he, his mother and his three sisters, find refuge in the Urals, in Bashkiria.

Guest (s): Guest: Ariane Dolfuss, journalist and translator of "Rudolf Nureyev, unpublished autobiography" (Editions Arthaud)