White Nights

IMDb 6.7 1985 • 136 min • DramaThriller

Director

Taylor Hackford

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines Raymond Greenwood
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski Colonel Chaiko
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren Galina Ivanova
Geraldine Page
Geraldine Page Anne Wyatt