Watch NowThe Russia House (1990)
22/02/1991 (GB)
Drama, Thriller, Romance
1h 58m
- 61% (307 votes)
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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.
- Fred SchepisiDirector
- Tom StoppardScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$21,800,000
Revenue
$22,997,992
Keywords
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- based on novel or book
- secret mission
- lisbon, portugal
- ex-lover
- soviet union
- nuclear scientist
- moscow, russia
Top Billed 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
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