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White Nights
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.
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“Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.”
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White Nights 1985 TV trailer
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- Nov 22, 1985
- 2h 16m
- French
- Taylor Hackford
- James Goldman, James Goldman, Eric Hughes
- Released
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- $42.2M
