White Nights
- Released on
- Runtime
- 136 mins
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.
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
- Gregory Hines
- Jerzy Skolimowski
- Helen Mirren
- Geraldine Page
- Isabella Rossellini
- John Glover
- Stefan Gryff
- William Hootkins
- Shane Rimmer
- Florence Faure
- David Savile
- Ian Liston
- Benny Young
- Hilary Drake
- Megumi Shimanuki
- Daniel Benzali
- Maria Werlander
- Galina Pomerantzeva
- Sergei Rusakov
- Aleksandr Naumov
- Maryam d'Abo
- Marc Sinden
- Josephine Buchan
- Helene Denbey
- Sussanah Morley
- Elisa Tornqvist
- Jiří Stanislav
- Edward Ochagavia
- Marc Michalsky
- Michael Petrovitch
- Andreas Markos
Director
- Taylor Hackford
Producers
- William S. Gilmore
- Taylor Hackford
Screenwriter
- Eric Hughes
- James Goldman
