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