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White Nights (1985)

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

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Taylor Hackford
  • Profile picture of Mikhail Baryshnikov
    Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko Mikhail Baryshnikov
  • Profile picture of Gregory Hines
    Raymond Greenwood Gregory Hines
  • Profile picture of Jerzy Skolimowski
    Colonel Chaiko Jerzy Skolimowski
  • Profile picture of Helen Mirren
    Galina Ivanova Helen Mirren
  • Profile picture of Geraldine Page
    Anne Wyatt Geraldine Page
  • Profile picture of Isabella Rossellini
    Darya Greenwood Isabella Rossellini
  • Profile picture of John Glover
    Wynn Scott John Glover
  • Profile picture of Stefan Gryff
    Captain Kirigin Stefan Gryff

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Keywords

  • escape
  • kgb
  • tap dancing
  • ballet
  • airplane crash
  • siberia
  • emigrant
  • bolshoi ballet