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White Nights (film)


 

White Nights is a 1985 movie starring Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Plot

Hines plays an American tap dancer living in the Soviet Union who befriends a Soviet ballet dancer who had defected to the West.

Related Topics:
Tap dancer - Soviet Union - The West

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The two pair up after the defector's plane makes a forced landing in Siberia and he is recognized. The defector and Hines are brought to Leningrad where the Soviets seek to exploit the (former) defector's talents. After an initial period of racial and artistic friction, the two become fast friends and Hines helps arrange an escape.

Related Topics:
Siberia - Leningrad

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Filmed also in Pori, Finland. Pictures when filmed in Finland is here. (Finnish language page)

Related Topics:
Pori - Finland

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