White Nights
November 22, 1985
136 minutes
6.7
DramaThriller

White Nights

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)
Galina Pomerantzeva
(Dvornik)
Sergei Rusakov
(KGB 1)
Aleksandr Naumov
(KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov))
Maryam d'Abo
(French Girlfriend)
Marc Sinden
(Charles)
Josephine Buchan
(Caroline)
Helene Denbey
(Bess)
Sussanah Morley
(Journalist in Opera House)
Elisa Tornqvist
(Journalist at Consulate)
Jiří Stanislav
(Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad))
Edward Ochagavia
(KGB Agent)
Marc Michalsky
(KGB Agent)
Michael Petrovitch
(Helicopter Pilot)
Andreas Markos
(Escamilla)