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.
Genre: Drama, Thriller Actors: Aleksandr Naumov, Andreas Markos, Benny Young, Daniel Benzali, David Savile, Edward Ochagavia, Elisa Tornqvist, Florence Faure, Galina Pomerantzeva, Geraldine Page, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren, Helene Denbey, Hilary Drake, Ian Liston, Isabella Rossellini, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jiří Stanislav, John Glover, Josephine Buchan, Marc Michalsky, Marc Sinden, Maria Werlander, Maryam d'Abo, Megumi Shimanuki, Michael Petrovitch, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sergei Rusakov, Shane Rimmer, Stefan Gryff, Sussanah Morley, William Hootkins Directors: Taylor Hackford Production: Columbia Pictures, New Visions