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White Nights
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6.7After 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.
Released: 1985-11-22136 minDir: Taylor HackfordDrama, ThrillerBox office: $42.2M
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
Themes
- escape
- kgb
- tap dancing
- ballet
- airplane crash
- siberia
- emigrant
- bolshoi ballet
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
- Screenwriter
- Nancy Dowd
- Composer
- Michel Colombier
- Producer
- Taylor Hackford
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- David Watkin
- Narrative location
- Finland
- Filming location
- Austria
- Duration
- 133
- FilmAffinity ID
- 564450
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1986-01-16
- film editor
- Fredric Steinkamp
- title
- White Nights
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 46%
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