White Nights (1985)
November 22, 1985
Drama, Thriller
2h 16m
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
- 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
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Keywords
- escape
- kgb
- tap dancing
- ballet
- airplane crash
- siberia
- emigrant
- bolshoi ballet