White Nights

White Nights

1985
2h 16m
6.7

6.7/10

141 votes • View on IMDb
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.

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Status: Released

Revenue: $42,160,849

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Columbia Pictures New Visions
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
French English Russian

Keywords

escape kgb tap dancing ballet airplane crash siberia emigrant bolshoi ballet

Quick Facts

Release Date November 22, 1985
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0090319

Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines

Raymond Greenwood

Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski

Colonel Chaiko

Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren

Galina Ivanova

Geraldine Page
Geraldine Page

Anne Wyatt

Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini

Darya Greenwood

John Glover
John Glover

Wynn Scott

Stefan Gryff
Stefan Gryff

Captain Kirigin

William Hootkins
William Hootkins

Chuck Malarek

Shane Rimmer
Shane Rimmer

Ambassador Larry Smith

Florence Faure
Florence Faure

Ballerina (Death)

David Savile
David Savile

Pilot

Key Crew

Taylor Hackford
Director
William S. Gilmore
Producer
Eric Hughes
Screenplay
James Goldman
Screenplay
Taylor Hackford
Producer