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.

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
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Release Date
November 22, 1985
Runtime
2h 16m
Rating
PG-13
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director