White Nights (1985)

ALL 11/22/1985 (en) Drama, Thriller 136 Min
  • Release
    11/22/1985
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures, New Visions
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    White Nights
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 42,160,849.00
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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.

  1. Taylor Hackford

    Director



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Casts

  1. Mikhail Baryshnikov

    Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

  2. Gregory Hines

    Raymond Greenwood

  3. Jerzy Skolimowski

    Colonel Chaiko

  4. Helen Mirren

    Galina Ivanova

  5. Geraldine Page

    Anne Wyatt

  6. Isabella Rossellini

    Darya Greenwood

  7. John Glover

    Wynn Scott

  8. Stefan Gryff

    Captain Kirigin

  9. William Hootkins

    Chuck Malarek

  10. Shane Rimmer

    Ambassador Larry Smith

  11. Florence Faure

    Ballerina (Death)

  12. David Savile

    Pilot

  13. Ian Liston

    Co-pilot

  14. Benny Young

    Flight Engineer

  15. Hilary Drake

    Stewardess #1

  16. Megumi Shimanuki

    Stewardess #2

  17. Daniel Benzali

    Dr. Asher

  18. Maria Werlander

    Child Ballerina

  19. Galina Pomerantzeva

    Dvornik

  20. Sergei Rusakov

    KGB 1

  21. Aleksandr Naumov

    KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)

  22. Maryam d'Abo

    French Girlfriend

  23. Marc Sinden

    Charles

  24. Josephine Buchan

    Caroline

  25. Helene Denbey

    Bess

  26. Sussanah Morley

    Journalist in Opera House

  27. Elisa Tornqvist

    Journalist at Consulate

  28. Jiří Stanislav

    Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)

  29. Edward Ochagavia

    KGB Agent

  30. Marc Michalsky

    KGB Agent

  31. Michael Petrovitch

    Helicopter Pilot

  32. Andreas Markos

    Escamilla

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 32 , Crews : 105

Keyword

White Nights (1985) 136 Min

ALL 11/22/1985 (en)
Drama, Thriller
  • Release 11/22/1985
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures, New Visions
  • Original title White Nights
  • en
  • Revenue42,160,849.00

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.

  1. Taylor Hackford

    Director

  2. James Goldman

    Story

  3. Fredric Steinkamp, William Steinkamp

    Editor

  4. William S. Gilmore, Taylor Hackford

    Producer