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White Nights

White Nights

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 22, 1985

Runtime

2h 16m

Genres

Drama, Thriller

User Score

67%

Original Title

White Nights

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, New Visions

Director

Taylor Hackford

Revenue

$42,160,849

Description

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.