The Russia House
1990 · Movie · R · 118 min · ★ 6.1
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.
Based on The Russia House
Also known as La casa Russia
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Details
- Years
- 1990
- Release date
- 1990-12-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (330 votes)
- Box office
- $22,997,992
- Budget
- $21,800,000
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- based on novel or book
- secret mission
- lisbon, portugal
- ex-lover
- soviet union
- nuclear scientist
- moscow, russia
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Fred Schepisi