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Feature film — 1985

White Nights (1985)

6.72h 16mDrama — Thriller

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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A high-signal pick with 156 votes.

Columbia Pictures / New Visions

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Director: Taylor Hackford

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Cast & crew

Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Gregory Hines as Raymond Greenwood

Gregory Hines

Raymond Greenwood

Jerzy Skolimowski as Colonel Chaiko

Jerzy Skolimowski

Colonel Chaiko

Helen Mirren as Galina Ivanova

Helen Mirren

Galina Ivanova

Geraldine Page as Anne Wyatt

Geraldine Page

Anne Wyatt

Isabella Rossellini as Darya Greenwood

Isabella Rossellini

Darya Greenwood

John Glover as Wynn Scott

John Glover

Wynn Scott

Stefan Gryff as Captain Kirigin

Stefan Gryff

Captain Kirigin

William Hootkins as Chuck Malarek

William Hootkins

Chuck Malarek

Shane Rimmer as Ambassador Larry Smith

Shane Rimmer

Ambassador Larry Smith

Florence Faure as Ballerina (Death)

Florence Faure

Ballerina (Death)

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David Savile

Pilot

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