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#17 Box Office Hit of 1985

White Nights (1985)

"Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other."

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.

Cast

  • Mikhail Baryshnikov

    Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

    Mikhail Baryshnikov

  • Gregory Hines

    Raymond Greenwood

    Gregory Hines

  • Jerzy Skolimowski

    Colonel Chaiko

    Jerzy Skolimowski

  • Helen Mirren

    Galina Ivanova

    Helen Mirren

  • Geraldine Page

    Anne Wyatt

    Geraldine Page

  • Isabella Rossellini

    Darya Greenwood

    Isabella Rossellini

  • John Glover

    Wynn Scott

    John Glover

  • Stefan Gryff

    Captain Kirigin

    Stefan Gryff

  • William Hootkins

    Chuck Malarek

    William Hootkins

  • Shane Rimmer

    Ambassador Larry Smith

    Shane Rimmer

  • Florence Faure

    Ballerina (Death)

    Florence Faure

  • Pilot

    David Savile

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