Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
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.
The Russia House (1990) is a drama, thriller and romance film directed by Fred Schepisi, released on December 21, 1990 with a runtime of 1h 58m. It stars Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider and James Fox. Viewers rate it 6.1 out of 10 across 339 ratings.
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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
Mac McDonald
as Bob
Nicholas Woodeson
as Niki Landau
Directed by Fred Schepisi, written by John le Carré and Tom Stoppard, produced by Paul Maslansky, Fred Schepisi and Nikita Mikhalkov.
Average viewer score of 6.1/10 from 339 ratings.
_**Artistic production with Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, but uninteresting spy story**_ A few years before the fall of the Soviet Union, a boozy English publisher named Barley (Sean Connery) is sent a mysterious manuscript via a beautiful Russian editor named Katya (Michelle Pfeiffer), but it’s intercepted by British intelligence and Barley is coerced into going to Moscow & Leningrad to meet with Katya and…
Reviewed on December 16, 2020
Sean Connery at least looks like he's having some fun in this otherwise rather dry adaptation of the John Le Carré tale of Cold War espionage. He's "Barley", a publisher who is recruited by MI5 to investigate a secret document sent from the USSR purporting to itemise their nuclear arsenal. Needless to say both the British and their CIA counterparts are wetting themselves at the very thought of this being real, but…
Reviewed on December 8, 2024
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The main cast of The Russia House (1990) includes Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox and John Mahoney. The film was directed by Fred Schepisi. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Russia House was released on December 21, 1990 and runs for 1h 58m.
The Russia House (1990) holds an average rating of 6.1 out of 10 from 339 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama, thriller and romance films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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