White Nights

6.7 / 10

(138 votes)

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

Thriller

Duration:

136 minutes

Year:

1985

Director:

Taylor Hackford

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Company:

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

Crew:
David Watkin

Director of Photography

Michel Colombier

Original Music Composer

Taylor Hackford

Director

William S. Gilmore

Producer

Eric Hughes

Screenplay