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White Nights
“Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.”
6.7 / 10• 1985• 2h 16m•PG-13• English
DramaThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Taylor Hackford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. White Nights is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
