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