White Nights
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
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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.
Cast
Mikhail BaryshnikovNikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Gregory HinesRaymond Greenwood
Jerzy SkolimowskiColonel Chaiko
Helen MirrenGalina Ivanova
Geraldine PageAnne Wyatt
Isabella RosselliniDarya Greenwood
John GloverWynn Scott
Stefan GryffCaptain Kirigin
William HootkinsChuck Malarek
Shane RimmerAmbassador Larry Smith
Florence FaureBallerina (Death)David SavilePilot
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DirectorTaylor Hackford
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Details
Release DateNovember 22, 1985
Revenue$42,160,849
LanguagesFrench, English, Russian
StudiosColumbia Pictures, New Visions
