Released:
1985-11-22

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.

Director:
Taylor Hackford

Runtime:
2h 16min

Genre:
Drama, Thriller

• Cast:
• 
  Mikhail Baryshnikov
  as
  Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
• 
  Gregory Hines
  as
  Raymond Greenwood
• 
  Jerzy Skolimowski
  as
  Colonel Chaiko
• 
  Helen Mirren
  as
  Galina Ivanova
• 
  Geraldine Page
  as
  Anne Wyatt