Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai "Kolya" Rodchenko
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White Nights is a 1985 American musical drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini. It was choreographed by Twyla Tharp.
Dec 6, 1985 · White Nights: Directed by Taylor Hackford. With Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren. A Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?
152,981 ratings16,020 reviews. White Nights is a short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky that was published in 1848. Set in St. Petersburg, it is the story of a young man fighting his inner restlessness. A light and tender narrative, it delves into the torment and guilt of unrequited love.
Summaries. A Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR? An expatriate Russian dancer is on a plane forced to land on Soviet territory.
Roger Ebert November 22, 1985. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "White Nights" tells such a tortuous story there's only one way to account for it: This screenplay was dreamed up to accommodate two dancers with little else in common.
1985 · 2 hr 17 min. PG-13. Drama · Music · War. After an expat Russian dancer gets stranded in the USSR, he forms an unlikely bond with the American defector he's been assigned to live with. Subtitles: English. Starring: Mikhail Baryshnikov Gregory Hines Geraldine Page Helen Mirren Isabella Rossellini Jerzy Skolimowski.
Rated: 2/5 • Oct 5, 2005. When his plane makes an emergency landing in Siberia, ballet dancer Nikolai Rodchenko (Mikhail Baryshnikov) is recognized as a defector and brought into custody.
