White Nights
“Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.”
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.
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How White Nights performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$42.2M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$6M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Raymond Greenwood
Gregory Hines
Raymond Greenwood
Colonel Chaiko
Jerzy Skolimowski
Colonel Chaiko
Galina Ivanova
Helen Mirren
Galina Ivanova
Anne Wyatt
Geraldine Page
Anne Wyatt
Darya Greenwood
Isabella Rossellini
Darya Greenwood
Wynn Scott
John Glover
Wynn Scott
Captain Kirigin
Stefan Gryff
Captain Kirigin
Chuck Malarek
William Hootkins
Chuck Malarek
Ambassador Larry Smith
Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith
Ballerina (Death)
Florence Faure
Ballerina (Death)
Pilot
David Savile
Pilot
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