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White Nights (1985)

Directed by Taylor Hackford

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 136 minutes

Actors

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 (I) | Maryam d'Abo | Marc Sinden | josephine buchan | Helene Denbey | Sussanah Morley | Elisa Tornqvist | Jiří Stanislav | Edward Ochagavia | Marc Michalsky | Michael Petrovitch | Andreas Markos