The Russia House
Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
1990 · 1h 58m · R
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Fred Schepisi
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The Russia House
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.
Director and cast
- Fred Schepisi Director
- Sean Connery as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Katya Orlova
- Roy Scheider as Russell
- James Fox as Ned
- John Mahoney as Brady
- Michael Kitchen as Clive
- J.T. Walsh as Colonel Quinn
- Ken Russell as Walter
- David Threlfall as Wicklow
- Klaus Maria Brandauer as Dante
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