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
Crew
Taylor Hackford
Director, Producer
James Goldman
Screenplay, Story
Eric Hughes
Screenplay
William Steinkamp
Editor
Fredric Steinkamp
Editor
Rick Meyer
Assistant Editor
Peter Culverwell
Assistant Editor
Valerie Lesser
Assistant Editor
Karl F. Steinkamp
Assistant Editor
David Watkin
Director of Photography
Frank M. Holgate
Aerial Director of Photography
Ron Lambert
Color Timer
Kieron Phipps
Second Assistant Director
Tony Aherne
Third Assistant Director
Ray Corbett
Assistant Director
Matti Ollila
Assistant Director
José de Sá Caetano
Assistant Director
Johanna Kärävä
Production Coordinator
Mo Coppitters
Production Coordinator
William S. Gilmore
Producer
Bill Borden
Associate Producer
Jeff Conroy
Production Assistant
Carrie Stein
Production Assistant
Philip Harrison
Production Design
Freddie Cooper
Camera Operator
Gregory J. Schmidt
Aerial Camera
Nancy Klopper
Casting
Jeremy Zimmermann
Casting
Noel Davis
Casting
Paula Gilmore
Location Casting
Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Master
Ron Beck
Wardrobe Supervisor
Evangeline Harrison
Costume Design
Ken Crouch
Wardrobe Assistant
Barry Richardson
Hairdresser
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Madeleine Masters
Makeup Artist
Stuart Rose
Assistant Art Director
Tom McCarthy Jr.
Supervising Sound Editor
Joseph Holsen
Sound Editor
Don S. Walden
Sound Editor
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Glass
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Digirolamo
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Clive Winter
Sound Mixer
Dushko Indjic
Boom Operator
Doreen A. Dixon
Supervising ADR Editor
Jay Kamen
ADR Editor
Maurice Gillett
Chief Lighting Technician
Ian Wingrove
Special Effects
Garth Inns
Special Effects
Martin Gutteridge
Special Effects
Michel Colombier
Original Music Composer
Phil Ramone
Music Supervisor
Jules Chaikin
Music Consultant
Curt Sobel
Supervising Music Editor
Lionel Richie
Songs
Phil Collins
Songs
Gerald C. Wheatley
Accountant
Bill Fisher
Standby Painter
Joanne Woollard
Set Decoration
Syd Nightingale
Construction Manager
Murray Close
Still Photographer
Alan Barry
Best Boy Electric
Leslie Butterfield
Standby Carpenter
Peter Elford
Location Manager
Bernard Hanson
Location Manager
Jeff Hawke
Aerial Coordinator
Trevor Rutherford
Playback Coordinator
Helen Caldwell
Stunts
Dave Holland
Stunts
Robert Harman
Stunts
Steve Crawley
Stunts
Malcolm Weaver
Stunts
Romo Gorrara
Stunts
Peter Brayham
Stunt Coordinator
Twyla Tharp
Choreographer
Roland Petit
Choreographer
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Choreographer
George Ball
Property Master
Peter Benson
Standby Property Master
Denis Hopperton
Standby Property Master
Shane O'Neill
Clapper Loader
Harold Michelson
Continuity
Lissa Ruben
Continuity
John Harris
Additional Photography
Kenneth J. Withers
Additional Photography
Nancy Dowd
Additional Writing
Mel Sansom
Standby Rigger
Bob Bridges
Video Assist Operator
Deveril Goodman
Associate Editor
Ray Hall
Grip
Neville C. Thompson
Production Manager
Anja Harjula
Production Manager
Maria do Carmo Moser
Production Manager
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Mike Connors
Focus Puller
Juhani Jotuni
Unit Manager
Roy Moores
Projection
Denis Holt
Executive In Charge Of Production
Richard Dawking
Art Direction
Malcolm Middleton
Art Direction
Austen Spriggs
Art Direction
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