Film

White Nights

1985 · 2h 16m · Drama · Thriller

Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

50%

Metacritic

46

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.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

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

William Hootkins

Chuck Malarek

Shane Rimmer

Ambassador Larry Smith

Florence Faure

Ballerina (Death)

David Savile

Pilot

Ian Liston

Co-pilot

Benny Young

Flight Engineer

Hilary Drake

Stewardess #1

Megumi Shimanuki

Stewardess #2

• Taylor HackfordDirector · Producer
• James GoldmanStory · Screenplay
• Eric HughesScreenplay
• William S. GilmoreProducer
• David WatkinDirector of Photography
• Michel ColombierOriginal Music Composer
• Fredric SteinkampEditor
• William SteinkampEditor
• Nancy KlopperCasting
• Jeremy ZimmermannCasting

TrailerWhite Nights 1985 TV trailer

Release date

November 22, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

PG-13

Revenue

$42,160,849

Genres

Drama, Thriller

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