White Nights
“Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.”
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.
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Cast
32 people
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Known for
Sex and the City
Company Business
Gregory Hines
Raymond Greenwood
Known for
Running Scared
The Cotton Club
Jerzy Skolimowski
Colonel Chaiko
Known for
The Avengers
Eastern Promises
Helen Mirren
Galina Ivanova
Known for
Monsters University
MobLand
Geraldine Page
Anne Wyatt
Known for
The Rescuers
Interiors
Isabella Rossellini
Darya Greenwood
Known for
Blue Velvet
The Odyssey
John Glover
Wynn Scott
Known for
Smallville
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Stefan Gryff
Captain Kirigin
Known for
Bad Timing
Julia
William Hootkins
Chuck Malarek
Known for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Batman
Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Thunderbirds
Florence Faure
Ballerina (Death)
Also in
Fête des Vignerons 1999
David Savile
Pilot
Known for
The Big Sleep
Taylor Hackford Director · James Goldman Screenplay Eric Hughes Screenplay
Worldwide gross $42M · Budget $20M · United States release November 22, 1985
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$42,160,849
Gross vs. budget
2.1×
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
New Visions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Russian
Release dates
Netherlands · November 22, 1985
Theatrical
United States · November 22, 1985
Theatrical
Czechia
August 1, 1993 · Physical
Italy
January 29, 1986 · Theatrical
Japan
April 26, 1986 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 22, 1985 · Limited theatrical
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