White Nights
138 reviews
Drama/Thriller
2h 16m
1985
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...
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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.
- DirectorTaylor Hackford
- Release22 November 1985
- Genre
- Duration2h 16m
- Budget?
- Revenue$42,160,849
- Rate138 reviews
- Productions
Columbia Pictures, New Visions
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

Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith

Florence Faure
Ballerina (Death)

Benny Young
Flight Engineer

Daniel Benzali
Dr. Asher

Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)

Maryam D'Abo
French Girlfriend

Sussanah Morley
Journalist in Opera House

Jiří Stanislav
Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)

Michael Petrovitch
Helicopter Pilot
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