White Nights (1985)
Mikhail Baryshnikov: Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
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Quotes
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Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : I see. You and your wife, you worke in the theater. And you live here... in Siberia.
Raymond Greenwood : It's just temporary.
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : [dryly] Of course. Nobody is here permanently.
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Pilot : [over the P.A] Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? This is the Captain speaking. We have developed electrical problems, and we have to land immediately. There is a Soviet military airfield about 75 miles from here...
Anne Wyatt : [half asleep] Where are we? Are we landing?
[Kolya runs to the lavatory to destroy his identity papers]
Anne Wyatt : Where are you going?
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : What do you mean? We're landing in Russia!
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Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : It wouldn't be right ...
Galina Ivanova : Right? You knew what was right?
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : I was suffocating here! You knew it!
Galina Ivanova : When they told me you had defected to the West, they couldn't believe that you would leave without telling me. I couldn't believe it either.
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : I'm sorry.
Galina Ivanova : They took away my passport. For four years I wasn't allowed to travel.And for three years, they would take me to the big house to answer their questions. Every day, the same, stupid questions!
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : You answered well. You're an important person, with power. I hear you drive a Mercedes now.
Galina Ivanova : And what do you ride, Kolya? A donkey? Yes, I rebuilt my life! I was supposed to throw everything away so that you could live in Disneyland?
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Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : You know how elite live in this country? Any pleasure, any perversion. Name it. They're as decadent here as in New York, Tokyo or Rome. They just keep it all hidden.
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Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : Please inform American embassy that I am here. I am an American citizen.
Colonel Chaiko : What you call yourself is of no concern to us. Here, you're just a criminal.
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : The world will demand that you hand me over.
Colonel Chaiko : The world. The world is overjoyed that we allowed a plane to land. We saved hundreds of lives. Only four people died.
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : Who? What were the names?
Colonel Chaiko : Don't worry. Don't worry. Your promoter was not hurt. I sent her home, along with the others. I'll explain your condition to her.
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko : My condition? What condition? I demand that you let me out of here!
Colonel Chaiko : You demand? Rodchenko, I always admired you as a dancer. You're a great dancer.
