White Nights (1985)
Drama • Thriller • 2ч 16м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.7
(144)
Cast
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)
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David Savile
Pilot
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Ian Liston
Co-pilot
Benny Young
Flight Engineer
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Hilary Drake
Stewardess #1
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Megumi Shimanuki
Stewardess #2
Daniel Benzali
Dr. Asher
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Maria Werlander
Child Ballerina
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Galina Pomerantzeva
Dvornik
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Sergei Rusakov
KGB 1
Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)
Maryam D'Abo
French Girlfriend
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Marc Sinden
Charles
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Josephine Buchan
Caroline
Crew
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer
Taylor Hackford
Director
William S. Gilmore
Producer
James Goldman
Story
James Goldman
Screenplay
Eric Hughes
Screenplay
Nancy Dowd
Additional Writing
Bill Borden
Associate Producer
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Jeremy Zimmermann
Casting
Philip Harrison
Production Design
Richard Dawking
Art Direction
Malcolm Middleton
Art Direction
Austen Spriggs
Art Direction
Joanne Woollard
Set Decoration
Lionel Richie
Songs
Roland Petit
Choreographer
Phil Ramone
Music Supervisor
Twyla Tharp
Choreographer
Phil Collins
Songs
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Choreographer
Denis Holt
Executive In Charge Of Production
Freddie Cooper
Camera Operator
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