White Nights
Directed by Taylor Hackford
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.
- Released
- 22 Nov 1985
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Also known as
- il Sole a Mezzanotte, 白夜逃亡, 白夜, Bílé noci
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Screenplay
- Eric Hughes, James Goldman
- Story
- James Goldman
- Cinematography
- David Watkin
- Music
- Michel Colombier
- Editors
- Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp
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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
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