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White Nights

1985 136 min Drama, Thriller

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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1 nomination

  • 1985 MUSIC (Original Song) (Separate Lives (Love Theme From 'White Nights')) Stephen Bishop

earnings $42,160,849

director Taylor Hackford

writers James Goldman, Eric Hughes

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