White Nights

Nov 22, 1985

2h 16m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

New Visions

White Nights Trailers

Cast

Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Raymond Greenwood

Gregory Hines

Colonel Chaiko

Jerzy Skolimowski

Galina Ivanova

Helen Mirren

Anne Wyatt

Geraldine Page

Darya Greenwood

Isabella Rossellini

Wynn Scott

John Glover

Captain Kirigin

Stefan Gryff

Chuck Malarek

William Hootkins

Ambassador Larry Smith

Shane Rimmer

Ballerina (Death)

Florence Faure

Pilot

David Savile

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