White Nights poster
Director Taylor Hackford
Screenplay James Goldman, Eric Hughes

White Nights

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

Release Date: 1985-11-22

Duration: 136 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Helen Mirren
    Galina Ivanova
  • Isabella Rossellini
    Darya Greenwood
  • Maryam d'Abo
    French Girlfriend
  • Daniel Benzali
    Dr. Asher
  • Geraldine Page
    Anne Wyatt
  • John Glover
    Wynn Scott
  • Jerzy Skolimowski
    Colonel Chaiko
  • Michael Petrovitch
    Helicopter Pilot
  • David Savile
    Pilot
  • William Hootkins
    Chuck Malarek