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White Nights

Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.

6.7 average rating
6.7
English / 136 MIN. / 1985

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Mikhail BaryshnikovGregory HinesJerzy SkolimowskiHelen MirrenGeraldine PageIsabella RosselliniJohn GloverStefan GryffWilliam HootkinsShane RimmerFlorence FaureDavid SavileIan ListonBenny YoungHilary DrakeMegumi ShimanukiDaniel BenzaliMaria WerlanderGalina PomerantzevaSergei RusakovAleksandr NaumovMaryam d'AboMarc SindenJosephine BuchanHelene DenbeySussanah MorleyElisa TornqvistJiří StanislavEdward OchagaviaMarc MichalskyMichael PetrovitchAndreas Markos

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