White Nights (1985)

11/22/1985 (US) • 2h 16m

Drama, Thriller

Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.

Overview

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

Top Billed Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Gregory Hines

Raymond Greenwood

Jerzy Skolimowski

Colonel Chaiko

Helen Mirren

Galina Ivanova

Geraldine Page

Anne Wyatt

Isabella Rossellini

Darya Greenwood

John Glover

Wynn Scott

Stefan Gryff

Captain Kirigin

William Hootkins

Chuck Malarek


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$42,160,849.00

Keywords

escape

kgb

tap dancing

ballet

airplane crash

siberia

emigrant

bolshoi ballet

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