The Russia House (1990)
Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
- Released
- Runtime 1h 58m
- Director Fred Schepisi
- Genres Drama Romance Thriller
- Rating 6.1/10 (339 votes)
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
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Sean Connery
as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
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Michelle Pfeiffer
as Katya Orlova
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Roy Scheider
as Russell
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James Fox
as Ned
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John Mahoney
as Brady
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Michael Kitchen
as Clive
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J.T. Walsh
as Colonel Quinn
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Ken Russell
as Walter
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David Threlfall
as Wicklow
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Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Dante
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Mac McDonald
as Bob
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Nicholas Woodeson
as Niki Landau
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Martin Clunes
as Brock
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Ian McNeice
as Merrydew
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Colin Stinton
as Henziger
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Denys Hawthorne
as Paddy
- George Roth as Cy
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Peter Marinker
as U.S. Scientist
Crew
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Fred Schepisi
Director
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Ian Baker
Director of Photography
- Beth Jochem Besterveld Editor
- Peter Honess Editor
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Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
- Paul Maslansky Producer
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Fred Schepisi
Producer
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Nikita Mikhalkov
Producer
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Leonid Vereshchagin
Producer
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Tom Stoppard
Screenplay
