

White Nights
Visit website6.7/10 • 136
1985-11-22 • 2h 16m
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
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.
- Directors
- Taylor Hackford
- Editors
- Fredric Steinkamp

White Nights
Visit website1985-11-22 • 2h 16m
6.7/10 • 136
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
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.
- Directors
- Taylor Hackford
- Editors
- Fredric Steinkamp
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsMikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Gregory Hines
Raymond Greenwood
Jerzy Skolimowski
Colonel Chaiko
Helen Mirren
Galina Ivanova
Geraldine Page
Anne Wyatt
Isabella Rossellini
Darya Greenwood
John Glover
Wynn Scott
Stefan Gryff
Captain Kirigin
William Hootkins
Chuck Malarek
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- $42,160,849.00
- Keywords
- escapekgbtap dancingballetairplane crashsiberiaemigrantbolshoi ballet