White Nights (1985)
6.7|22 Nov, 1985|136 min
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
6.7|22 Nov, 1985|136 min
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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.
Language
Budget--
Revenue $42,160,849
English,
Français,
Pусский
Budget--
Revenue $42,160,849
Keywords
escape
kgb
tap dancing
ballet
airplane crash
siberia
emigrant
bolshoi ballet
Casts
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)
David Savile
Pilot
Ian Liston
Co-pilot
Benny Young
Flight Engineer
Hilary Drake
Stewardess #1
Megumi Shimanuki
Stewardess #2
Daniel Benzali
Dr. Asher
Maria Werlander
Child Ballerina
Galina Pomerantzeva
Dvornik
Sergei Rusakov
KGB 1
Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)
Maryam d'Abo
French Girlfriend
Marc Sinden
Charles
Josephine Buchan
Caroline
Helene Denbey
Bess
Sussanah Morley
Journalist in Opera House
Elisa Tornqvist
Journalist at Consulate
Jiří Stanislav
Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)
Edward Ochagavia
KGB Agent
Marc Michalsky
KGB Agent
Michael Petrovitch
Helicopter Pilot
Andreas Markos
Escamilla
Crews
Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Taylor Hackford
Director
William S. Gilmore
Producer
James Goldman
Story
James Goldman
Screenplay
Nancy Dowd
Additional Writing
Eric Hughes
Screenplay
Philip Harrison
Production Design
Richard Dawking
Art Direction
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Joanne Woollard
Set Decoration
Malcolm Middleton
Art Direction
Austen Spriggs
Art Direction
Bill Borden
Associate Producer
Jeremy Zimmermann
Casting
Lionel Richie
Songs
Phil Ramone
Music Supervisor
Twyla Tharp
Choreographer
Roland Petit
Choreographer
Peter Elford
Location Manager
Mike Connors
Focus Puller
Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Master
Phil Collins
Songs
Ray Corbett
Assistant Director
Bernard Hanson
Location Manager
Peter Benson
Standby Property Master
Jeff Hawke
Aerial Coordinator
Frank M. Holgate
Aerial Director of Photography
Peter Brayham
Stunt Coordinator
Freddie Cooper
Camera Operator
Stuart Rose
Assistant Art Director
John Harris
Additional Photography
Jules Chaikin
Music Consultant
Denis Holt
Executive In Charge Of Production
Neville C. Thompson
Production Manager
George Ball
Property Master
Jay Kamen
ADR Editor
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ian Wingrove
Special Effects
Helen Caldwell
Stunts
Dave Holland
Stunts
Syd Nightingale
Construction Manager
Harold Michelson
Continuity
Anja Harjula
Production Manager
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Choreographer
Evangeline Harrison
Costume Design
Murray Close
Still Photographer
Rick Meyer
Assistant Editor
Maria do Carmo Moser
Production Manager
Jeff Conroy
Production Assistant
Roy Moores
Projection
Bob Bridges
Video Assist Operator
Leslie Butterfield
Standby Carpenter
Peter Culverwell
Assistant Editor
Matti Ollila
Assistant Director
Garth Inns
Special Effects
Valerie Lesser
Assistant Editor
Karl F. Steinkamp
Assistant Editor
Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects
Noel Davis
Casting
Lissa Ruben
Continuity
Bill Fisher
Standby Painter
Doreen A. Dixon
Supervising ADR Editor
Shane O'Neill
Clapper Loader
Trevor Rutherford
Playback Coordinator
Ken Crouch
Wardrobe Assistant
Kieron Phipps
Second Assistant Director
Gerald C. Wheatley
Accountant
Ron Lambert
Color Timer
Paula Gilmore
Location Casting
Ray Hall
Grip
Mel Sansom
Standby Rigger
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Johanna Kärävä
Production Coordinator
Tony Aherne
Third Assistant Director
Mo Coppitters
Production Coordinator
Ron Beck
Wardrobe Supervisor
Barry Richardson
Hairdresser
Joseph Holsen
Sound Editor
Curt Sobel
Supervising Music Editor
Don Digirolamo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Juhani Jotuni
Unit Manager
Clive Winter
Sound Mixer
Denis Hopperton
Standby Property Master
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Madeleine Masters
Makeup Artist
Maurice Gillett
Chief Lighting Technician
Deveril Goodman
Associate Editor
Tom McCarthy Jr.
Supervising Sound Editor
Robert Harman
Stunts
Steve Crawley
Stunts
Carrie Stein
Production Assistant
Dushko Indjic
Boom Operator
Alan Barry
Best Boy Electric
Don S. Walden
Sound Editor
Gregory J. Schmidt
Aerial Camera
José de Sá Caetano
Assistant Director
Malcolm Weaver
Stunts
Romo Gorrara
Stunts
Dan Perri
Title Designer
William Steinkamp
Editor
Taylor Hackford
Producer
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Kenneth J. Withers
Additional Photography
Backdrops & Posters
