White Nights (1985)
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.
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Top Billed Cast: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Josephine Buchan, Benny Young
Runtime: 136 minutes
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Mikhail 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
Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith
Florence Faure
Ballerina (Death)
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David Savile
Pilot
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Ian Liston
Co-pilot
Benny Young
Flight Engineer
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Hilary Drake
Stewardess #1
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Megumi Shimanuki
Stewardess #2
Daniel Benzali
Dr. Asher
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Maria Werlander
Child Ballerina
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Galina Pomerantzeva
Dvornik
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Sergei Rusakov
KGB 1
Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)
Maryam D'Abo
French Girlfriend
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Marc Sinden
Charles
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Josephine Buchan
Caroline
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Helene Denbey
Bess
Sussanah Morley
Journalist in Opera House
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Elisa Tornqvist
Journalist at Consulate
Jiří Stanislav
Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)
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Edward Ochagavia
KGB Agent
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Marc Michalsky
KGB Agent
Michael Petrovitch
Helicopter Pilot
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Andreas Markos
Escamilla
