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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.
Theatrical
Nov 22, 1985
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$42.2M
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 29, 2006
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Columbia Pictures, New Visions
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Cast
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
G
Gregory Hines
Raymond Greenwood
J
Jerzy Skolimowski
Colonel Chaiko
H
Helen Mirren
Galina Ivanova
G
Geraldine Page
Anne Wyatt
I
Isabella Rossellini
Darya Greenwood
J
John Glover
Wynn Scott
S
Stefan Gryff
Captain Kirigin
W
William Hootkins
Chuck Malarek
S
Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith
D
David Savile
Pilot
I
Ian Liston
Co-pilot
B
Benny Young
Flight Engineer
M
Megumi Shimanuki
Stewardess #2
D
Daniel Benzali
Dr. Asher
A
Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)
M
Maryam D'Abo
French Girlfriend
M
Marc Sinden
Charles
S
Sussanah Morley
Journalist in Opera House
J
Jiří Stanislav
Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)
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