White Nights (1985)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 136 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines and Isabella Rossellini
IMDb score:
6,7 (8.963)
Releasedate: 22 November 1985
White Nights plot
A plane bound for Japan has to make an emergency landing in Siberia due to technical problems. On board is Nicolaï Rodchenko, a Russian ballet dancer who has fled to the United States. Rodchenko destroys his identity papers, but he is injured in the head and is taken to a hospital. There he is recognized by Chaiko, a colonel of the KGB. He plans to perform him in a play as a repentant Rodchenko and therefore entrusts him to Raymond Greenwood, a black American who fled the racism of Harlem with his wife and went to live in the Soviet Union.
Actors and actresses
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Raymond Greenwood
Darya Greenwood
Galina Ivanova
Colonel Chaiko
Anne Wyatt
Wynn Scott
Captain Kirigin
Chuck Malarek
Ambassador Larry Smith
Reviews & comments
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A dull film with dull dialogue and inferior acting. A musical drama with some Cold War elements.
The two main characters, played by Baryshnikov and Hines, who seem ideologically opposed, gradually find common ground through their love of dance and their thirst for freedom. The numerous choreographies (ballet and tap dancing) didn't do much for me, except for one where they dance together in sync to a modern number. But at times, it feels too much like a script written to promote their artistic careers. The film has a punchy soundtrack, of which Lionel Richie's "Say You Say Me" is the most famous song. The only bright spot in the cast is the ever-beautiful Helen Mirren as the ex-flame of the Russian defector. A very mediocre film that, at almost 140 minutes, is truly far too long.
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