White Nights
1985
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
- Taylor Hackford
- 2h 16m
- November 22, 1985 · United States of America
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 22, 1985
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Russian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures,New Visions
- Cast
- Mikhail Baryshnikov,Gregory Hines,Jerzy Skolimowski,Helen Mirren,Geraldine Page,Isabella Rossellini,John Glover,Stefan Gryff,William Hootkins,Shane Rimmerand 22 more
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
- Writer
- James Goldman,Eric Hughes
- Producer
- William S. Gilmore,Taylor Hackford
- Cinematography
- David Watkin
- Music
- Michel Colombier
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $42,160,849
- IMDb
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