Drama / Thriller /

Score: 67.1%( 135 votes )

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.

Cast:

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

Florence Faure
Ballerina (Death)

David Savile
Pilot

Ian Liston
Co-pilot

Benny Young
Flight Engineer

Hilary Drake
Stewardess #1

Megumi Shimanuki
Stewardess #2

Daniel Benzali
Dr. Asher

Maria Werlander
Child Ballerina

Galina Pomerantzeva
Dvornik

Sergei Rusakov
KGB 1

Aleksandr Naumov
KGB 2 (as Alexander Naumov)

Maryam d'Abo
French Girlfriend

Marc Sinden
Charles

Josephine Buchan
Caroline

Helene Denbey
Bess

Sussanah Morley
Journalist in Opera House

Elisa Tornqvist
Journalist at Consulate

Jiří Stanislav
Chaiko’s Driver (Leningrad)

Edward Ochagavia
KGB Agent

Marc Michalsky
KGB Agent

Michael Petrovitch
Helicopter Pilot

Andreas Markos
Escamilla