White Nights
White Nights
Release: 1985-11-22
·Runtime: 136m
·★ 6.7
Drama
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
New Visions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Gregory Hines
as Raymond Greenwood
Sussanah Morley
as Journalist in Opera House
John Glover
as Wynn Scott
Stefan Gryff
as Captain Kirigin
Daniel Benzali
as Dr. Asher
Michael Petrovitch
as Helicopter Pilot
Shane Rimmer
as Ambassador Larry Smith
Maryam D'Abo
as French Girlfriend
Mikhail Baryshnikov
as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Jerzy Skolimowski
as Colonel Chaiko
William Hootkins
as Chuck Malarek
Florence Faure
as Ballerina (Death)
Aleksandr Naumov
as KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)
Helen Mirren
as Galina Ivanova
Isabella Rossellini
as Darya Greenwood
Benny Young
as Flight Engineer
Geraldine Page
as Anne Wyatt
Jiří Stanislav
as Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)
Crew
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Twyla Tharp
Choreographer
Peter Brayham
Stunt Coordinator
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Choreographer
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Bill Borden
Associate Producer
Phil Collins
Songs
Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer
Roland Petit
Choreographer
Taylor Hackford
Director, Producer
Noel Davis
Casting
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Lionel Richie
Songs
Jeremy Zimmermann
Casting