White Nights
movie
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
Released November 22, 1985
Overview
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.
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)
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David Savile
as
Pilot
Crew
Michel Colombier
as
Original Music Composer
David Watkin
as
Director of Photography
Taylor Hackford
as
Director
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William S. Gilmore
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Producer
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James Goldman
as
Story
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James Goldman
as
Screenplay
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Nancy Dowd
as
Additional Writing
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Eric Hughes
as
Screenplay
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Philip Harrison
as
Production Design
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Richard Dawking
as
Art Direction
Nancy Klopper
as
Casting
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Joanne Woollard
as
Set Decoration