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White Nights

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

1985 · PG-13 · 2h 16m

Directed by Taylor Hackford

6.7

TMDB audience score
157 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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)

  • David Savile
    Pilot

  • Ian Liston
    Co-pilot

  • Benny Young
    Flight Engineer

  • Hilary Drake
    Stewardess #1

  • Megumi Shimanuki
    Stewardess #2

  • Daniel Benzali
    Dr. Asher

  • Maria Werlander
    Child Ballerina