The Russia House
304 reviews
Drama/Thriller
1h 58m
1990
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...
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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.
- DirectorFred Schepisi
- Release21 December 1990
- Genre
- Duration1h 58m
- Budget$21,800,000
- Revenue$22,997,992
- Rate304 reviews
- Productions
Pathé Entertainment, Star Partners III Ltd., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Studio Trite
Cast

Sean Connery
Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Michelle Pfeiffer
Katya Orlova

Roy Scheider
Russell

James Fox
Ned

John Mahoney
Brady

Michael Kitchen
Clive

J. T. Walsh
Colonel Quinn

Ken Russell
Walter

David Threlfall
Wicklow

Klaus Maria Brandauer
Dante

Mac McDonald
Bob

Nicholas Woodeson
Niki Landau

Martin Clunes
Brock

Ian McNeice
Merrydew

Colin Stinton
Henziger

Denys Hawthorne
Paddy

Peter Marinker
U.S. Scientist

Nikolai Pastukhov
Uncle Matvey

Jason Salkey
Johnny

Christopher Lawford
Larry

Mark LaMura
Todd

Blu Mankuma
Merv

Tuck Milligan
Stanley

Jay Benedict
Spikey

Fyodor Smirnov
Watcher

Pavel Sirotin
Watcher

Martin Wenner
Scientist - Whitehall

Simon Templeman
Psychoanalyst - Whitehall

Raisa Ryazanova
Russian Guest

Kate Lock
Jacky

Charlotte Cornwell
Charlotte

Craig Crosbie
Technician

Rob Freeman
Hoover

Aleksandr Yatsko
Russian Writer

David Ryall
Colonial Type

Nikolay Dik
major of KGB

Alexei Jawdokimov
Arkady

Constantine Gregory
KGB Interviewer

Jonty Reason
Delegate (uncredited)

Vladimir Kuznetsov
company representative (uncredited)

Tina Simmons

Vladimir Sidorov
an officer of the Leningrad police
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