The read
A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 50%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
148 audience votes
Key crew
- Michel ColombierOriginal Music Composer
- Taylor HackfordDirector
- James GoldmanScreenplay
- Eric HughesScreenplay
Cast
- Mikhail BaryshnikovNikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
- Gregory HinesRaymond Greenwood
- Jerzy SkolimowskiColonel Chaiko
- Helen MirrenGalina Ivanova
- Geraldine PageAnne Wyatt
- Isabella RosselliniDarya Greenwood
- John GloverWynn Scott
- Stefan GryffCaptain Kirigin
- William HootkinsChuck Malarek
- Shane RimmerAmbassador Larry Smith
- Florence FaureBallerina (Death)
- David SavilePilot
Stills
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Themes
escapekgbtap dancingballetairplane crashsiberiaemigrantbolshoi ballet