Movie
The Russia House
1990R1h 58m6.1 / 10
Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
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Synopsis
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
Cast, crew and production details
About The Russia House
Cast
Sean ConneryBartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Michelle PfeifferKatya Orlova
Roy ScheiderRussell
James FoxNed
John MahoneyBrady
Michael KitchenClive
J.T. WalshColonel Quinn
Ken RussellWalterCredits
- Directed by
- Fred Schepisi
- Written by
- Tom Stoppard, John le Carré
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $21.8M
- Box office
- $23M
Production
- Star Partners III
Studio TriteRussia- MGM-Pathé CommunicationsUnited States
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerUnited States
Themes
based on novel or bookcentral intelligence agency (cia)ex-loverlisbon, portugalmoscow, russianuclear scientistsecret missionsoviet union
