White Nights

Synopsis

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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Cast

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Gregory Hines

Raymond Greenwood

Jerzy Skolimowski

Colonel Chaiko

Helen Mirren

Galina Ivanova

Geraldine Page

Anne Wyatt

Isabella Rossellini

Darya Greenwood

John Glover

Wynn Scott

Stefan Gryff

Captain Kirigin

William Hootkins

Chuck Malarek

Shane Rimmer

Ambassador Larry Smith

Florence Faure

Ballerina (Death)

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David Savile

Pilot

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Ian Liston

Co-pilot

Benny Young

Flight Engineer

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Hilary Drake

Stewardess #1

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Megumi Shimanuki

Stewardess #2

Daniel Benzali

Dr. Asher

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Maria Werlander

Child Ballerina

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Galina Pomerantzeva

Dvornik

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Sergei Rusakov

KGB 1

Crew

Art

• Philip Harrison Production Design
• Richard Dawking Art Direction
• Joanne Woollard Set Decoration
• Malcolm Middleton Art Direction
• Austen Spriggs Art Direction
• Peter Benson Standby Property Master
• Stuart Rose Assistant Art Director
• George Ball Property Master
• Syd Nightingale Construction Manager
• Leslie Butterfield Standby Carpenter
• Bill Fisher Standby Painter
• Denis Hopperton Standby Property Master

Camera

• David Watkin Director of Photography
• Mike Connors Focus Puller
• Frank M. Holgate Aerial Director of Photography
• Freddie Cooper Camera Operator
• John Harris Additional Photography
• Murray Close Still Photographer
• Shane O'Neill Clapper Loader
• Ray Hall Grip
• Gregory J. Schmidt Aerial Camera
• Kenneth J. Withers Additional Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Janet Tebrooke Wardrobe Master
• Evangeline Harrison Costume Design
• Ken Crouch Wardrobe Assistant
• Ron Beck Wardrobe Supervisor
• Barry Richardson Hairdresser
• Neville Smallwood Makeup Artist
• Madeleine Masters Makeup Artist

Crew

• Nancy Dowd Additional Writing
• Twyla Tharp Choreographer
• Roland Petit Choreographer
• Jeff Hawke Aerial Coordinator
• Peter Brayham Stunt Coordinator
• Ian Wingrove Special Effects
• Helen Caldwell Stunts
• Dave Holland Stunts
• Mikhail Baryshnikov Choreographer
• Roy Moores Projection
• Bob Bridges Video Assist Operator
• Garth Inns Special Effects

Directing

• Taylor Hackford Director
• Ray Corbett Assistant Director
• Harold Michelson Continuity
• Matti Ollila Assistant Director
• Lissa Ruben Continuity
• Kieron Phipps Second Assistant Director
• Tony Aherne Third Assistant Director
• José de Sá Caetano Assistant Director

Editing

• Rick Meyer Assistant Editor
• Peter Culverwell Assistant Editor
• Valerie Lesser Assistant Editor
• Karl F. Steinkamp Assistant Editor
• Ron Lambert Color Timer
• Deveril Goodman Associate Editor
• William Steinkamp Editor
• Fredric Steinkamp Editor

Lighting

• Mel Sansom Standby Rigger
• Maurice Gillett Chief Lighting Technician
• Alan Barry Best Boy Electric

Production

• William S. Gilmore Producer
• Nancy Klopper Casting
• Bill Borden Associate Producer
• Jeremy Zimmermann Casting
• Peter Elford Location Manager
• Bernard Hanson Location Manager
• Denis Holt Executive In Charge Of Production
• Neville C. Thompson Production Manager
• Anja Harjula Production Manager
• Maria do Carmo Moser Production Manager
• Jeff Conroy Production Assistant
• Noel Davis Casting

Sound

• Michel Colombier Original Music Composer
• Lionel Richie Songs
• Phil Ramone Music Supervisor
• Phil Collins Songs
• Jules Chaikin Music Consultant
• Jay Kamen ADR Editor
• Robert 'Buzz' Knudson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Doreen A. Dixon Supervising ADR Editor
• Robert Glass Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Joseph Holsen Sound Editor
• Curt Sobel Supervising Music Editor
• Don Digirolamo Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

• James Goldman Story
• James Goldman Screenplay
• Eric Hughes Screenplay

Photos