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White Nights

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.

Original title: White Nights

2

nominations

50%

winning rate

1

win

Academy Awards #58 - 1986

Award People Status
Best Original Song Lionel Richie - "Say You, Say Me" Winner
Best Original Song Stephen Bishop - "Separate Lives"

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