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The Russia House( 1990)

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Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sean Connery

      Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

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      Michelle Pfeiffer

      Katya Orlova

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      Roy Scheider

      Russell

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      James Fox

      Ned

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      John Mahoney

      Brady

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      Michael Kitchen

      Clive

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      J.T. Walsh

      Colonel Quinn

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      Ken Russell

      Walter

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      David Threlfall

      Wicklow

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      Klaus Maria Brandauer

      Dante

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      Mac McDonald

      Bob

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      Nicholas Woodeson

      Niki Landau

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      Martin Clunes

      Brock

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      Ian McNeice

      Merrydew

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      Colin Stinton

      Henziger

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      Denys Hawthorne

      Paddy

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      George Roth

      Cy

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      Peter Marinker

      U.S. Scientist

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      Ellen Hurst

      Anna

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      Peter Knupffer

      Sergey

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      Nikolai Pastukhov

      Uncle Matvey

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      Jason Salkey

      Johnny

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      Eric Anzumonyln

      Nasayan

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      Daniel Woźniak

      Zapadny

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      Giorgi Anjaparidze

      Yuri

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      Vladek Nikiforov

      Tout

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      Christopher Lawford

      Larry

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      Mark LaMura

      Todd

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      Blu Mankuma

      Merv

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      Tuck Milligan

      Stanley

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      Jay Benedict

      Spikey

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      David Timson

      George

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      Yelena Stroyeva

      Anastasia

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      Fyodor Smirnov

      Watcher

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      Pavel Sirotin

      Watcher

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      Paul Jutkevitch

      Misha

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      David Henry

      Jr. Minister - Whitehall

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      Martin Wenner

      Scientist - Whitehall

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      Paul Rattee

      Army Officer - Whitehall

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      Simon Templeman

      Psychoanalyst - Whitehall

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      Gina Nikiforov

      Russian Guest

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      Raisa Ryazanova

      Russian Guest

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      Kate Lock

      Jacky

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      Charlotte Cornwell

      Charlotte

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      Craig Crosbie

      Technician

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      Keith Edwards

      Hoover

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      Michael Fitzpatrick

      Hoover

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      Rob Freeman

      Hoover

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      Gennady Venov

      Katya's Father

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      Aleksandr Yatsko

      Russian Writer

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      Vladimir Zunetov

      Dan

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      Jack Raymond

      Lev

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      David Ryall

      Colonial Type

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      Nikolay Dik

      major of KGB

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      Alexei Jawdokimov

      Arkady

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      Constantine Gregory

      KGB Interviewer

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      Sergey Reusenko

      KGB Man

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      Yegueshe Tsturvan

      Flute Player

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      Jonathan Reason

      Delegate (uncredited)

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      Vladimir Kuznetsov

      company representative (uncredited)

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      Tina Simmons

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      Vladimir Sidorov

      an officer of the Leningrad police

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Wed Dec 16 2020
    _**Artistic production with Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, but uninteresting spy story**_ A few years before the fall of the Soviet Union, a boozy English publisher named Barley (Sean Connery) is sent a mysterious manuscript via a beautiful Russian editor named Katya (Michelle Pfeiffer), but it’s intercepted by British intelligence and Barley is coerced into going to Moscow & Leningrad to meet with Katya and the writer of the documents (Klaus Maria Brandauer), which contain technical data that calls into question the quality of the Soviet defense weaponry. Meanwhile both British and Ame...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    21800000.00

    Revenue

    22997992.00

    Keywords

    • central intelligence agency (cia)
    • based on novel or book
    • secret mission
    • lisbon, portugal
    • ex-lover
    • soviet union
    • nuclear scientist
    • moscow, russia