White Nights (1985)
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
136 min
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.
- Release date
- January 16, 1986
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $42,160,849
Trailer
Cast
- Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
- Gregory Hines as Raymond Greenwood
- Jerzy Skolimowski as Colonel Chaiko
- Helen Mirren as Galina Ivanova
- Geraldine Page as Anne Wyatt
- Isabella Rossellini as Darya Greenwood
- John Glover as Wynn Scott
- Stefan Gryff as Captain Kirigin
- William Hootkins as Chuck Malarek
- Shane Rimmer as Ambassador Smith
Crew
- Taylor Hackford · Director
- James Goldman · Writer
- Eric Hughes · Writer
- William S. Gilmore · Producer
- Taylor Hackford · Producer
- Michel Colombier · Composer
- David Watkin · Cinematographer
- Fredric Steinkamp · Editor
- William Steinkamp · Editor
- Nancy Klopper · Casting director
- Jeremy Zimmermann · Casting director
- Philip Harrison · Production designer