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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

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
Director

Taylor Hackford
Director
Ray Corbett
Assistant Director
Kieron Phipps
Second Assistant Director
Tony Aherne
Third Assistant Director
Lissa Ruben
Continuity
Harold Michelson
Continuity
Matti Ollila
Assistant Director
José de Sá Caetano
Assistant Director
Creator
James Goldman
Story
James Goldman
Screenplay
Eric Hughes
Screenplay