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.

• DirectorTaylor Hackford
• Release22 November 1985
• Genre
  Drama / Thriller
• Duration2h 16m
• Budget?
• Revenue$42,160,849
• Rate
  

  6.719
  135 reviews
• Productions

  Columbia Pictures, New Visions