White Nights
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2hrs
16mins
Directed by
Taylor Hackford,
Starring
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
Gregory Hines,
Helen Mirren,
Geraldine Page
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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.
