White Nights (1985)
"Two men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other."
ThumbScore
👍 72%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 46%
(RT: 46%, MC: 46) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Jerzy Skolimowski as Colonel Chaiko
Geraldine Page as Anne Wyatt
Stefan Gryff as Captain Kirigin
Is White Nights good?
Most people think so. 72% audience score, estimated from 154 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 46%, but audiences disagreed.
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. Wikipedia ↗
