White Nights

White Nights (1985)

Released: 1985-11-22 Duration: 2hr 16min
Genres: Drama Thriller
Rating 6.7
Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
New Visions

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $42,160,849.00
Original Language en
Popularity 9.854

Directed By

Taylor Hackford

Crew

Director of Photography
David Watkin
Original Music Composer
Michel Colombier
Director
Taylor Hackford
Screenplay
Eric Hughes
Screenplay
James Goldman
Additional Writing
Nancy Dowd
Set Decoration
Joanne Woollard
Associate Producer
Bill Borden
Casting
Nancy Klopper
Art Direction
Richard Dawking
Production Design
Philip Harrison
Art Direction
Austen Spriggs
Art Direction
Malcolm Middleton
Music Supervisor
Phil Ramone
Choreographer
Twyla Tharp
Choreographer
Roland Petit
Clapper Loader
Shane O'Neill
Special Effects
Garth Inns
Production Manager
Neville C. Thompson
Assistant Director
Ray Corbett
Additional Photography
John Harris
Aerial Camera
Gregory J. Schmidt
Stunt Coordinator
Peter Brayham
Accountant
Gerald C. Wheatley
Associate Editor
Deveril Goodman
Location Casting
Paula Gilmore
Camera Operator
Freddie Cooper
Assistant Art Director
Stuart Rose
Boom Operator
Dushko Indjic
Assistant Director
José de Sá Caetano
Production Assistant
Jeff Conroy
Video Assist Operator
Bob Bridges
Sound Mixer
Clive Winter
Standby Carpenter
Leslie Butterfield
Assistant Editor
Peter Culverwell
Music Consultant
Jules Chaikin
Assistant Director
Matti Ollila
Continuity
Harold Michelson
Playback Coordinator
Trevor Rutherford
Wardrobe Assistant
Ken Crouch
Assistant Editor
Rick Meyer
Aerial Coordinator
Jeff Hawke
Production Coordinator
Mo Coppitters
Focus Puller
Mike Connors
Wardrobe Master
Janet Tebrooke
Makeup Artist
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Madeleine Masters
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo
Construction Manager
Syd Nightingale
Grip
Ray Hall
Best Boy Electric
Alan Barry
Sound Editor
Don S. Walden
Projection
Roy Moores
Standby Painter
Bill Fisher
Supervising ADR Editor
Doreen A. Dixon
Unit Manager
Juhani Jotuni
Stunts
Romo Gorrara
Location Manager
Peter Elford
Production Assistant
Carrie Stein
Chief Lighting Technician
Maurice Gillett
Aerial Director of Photography
Frank M. Holgate
Executive In Charge Of Production
Denis Holt
Third Assistant Director
Tony Aherne
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ron Beck
Color Timer
Ron Lambert
Special Effects
Ian Wingrove
Stunts
Dave Holland
Hairdresser
Barry Richardson
Sound Editor
Joseph Holsen
Special Effects
Martin Gutteridge
Continuity
Lissa Ruben
Still Photographer
Murray Close
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Second Assistant Director
Kieron Phipps
Standby Property Master
Denis Hopperton
Standby Property Master
Peter Benson
Production Manager
Anja Harjula
Production Coordinator
Johanna Kärävä
Choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Costume Design
Evangeline Harrison
Standby Rigger
Mel Sansom
Assistant Editor
Valerie Lesser
Supervising Sound Editor
Tom McCarthy Jr.
Supervising Music Editor
Curt Sobel
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass
Production Manager
Maria do Carmo Moser
Location Manager
Bernard Hanson
Property Master
George Ball
Assistant Editor
Karl F. Steinkamp
ADR Editor
Jay Kamen
Casting
Noel Davis
Title Designer
Dan Perri
Producer
Taylor Hackford
Additional Photography
Kenneth J. Withers

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