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Feature film — 1990

The Russia House (1990)

6.11h 58mDrama — Thriller — Romance

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.

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A high-signal pick with 344 votes.

Star Partners III / Studio Trite / MGM-Pathé Communications / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Director: Fred Schepisi

On screen

Cast & crew

Sean Connery as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Sean Connery

Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Michelle Pfeiffer as Katya Orlova

Michelle Pfeiffer

Katya Orlova

Roy Scheider as Russell

Roy Scheider

Russell

James Fox as Ned

James Fox

Ned

John Mahoney as Brady

John Mahoney

Brady

Michael Kitchen as Clive

Michael Kitchen

Clive

J.T. Walsh as Colonel Quinn

J.T. Walsh

Colonel Quinn

Ken Russell as Walter

Ken Russell

Walter

David Threlfall as Wicklow

David Threlfall

Wicklow

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Dante

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Dante

Mac McDonald as Bob

Mac McDonald

Bob

Nicholas Woodeson as Niki Landau

Nicholas Woodeson

Niki Landau

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