Summary
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.
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Cast
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
Gregory Hines
Raymond Greenwood
Helen Mirren
Galina Ivanova
Geraldine Page
Anne Wyatt
Isabella Rossellini
Darya Greenwood
John Glover
Wynn Scott
Stefan Gryff
Captain Kirigin
William Hootkins
Chuck Malarek
Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith
Florence Faure
Ballerina (Death)
Benny Young
Flight Engineer
Daniel Benzali
Dr. Asher
Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)
Maryam d'Abo
French Girlfriend
Sussanah Morley
Journalist in Opera House
Jiří Stanislav
Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)
Michael Petrovitch
Helicopter Pilot