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.
DirectorTaylor Hackford
ProducersWilliam S. Gilmore, Taylor Hackford
ScreenplayEric Hughes, James Goldman
Top Casts
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
William Hootkins
Chuck Malarek
Shane Rimmer
Ambassador Larry Smith
Details
LanguageRussian, French, English
Production companiesColumbia Pictures, New Visions
TaglineTwo men. Not soldiers. Not heroes. Just dancers. Willing to risk their lives for freedom-and each other.
