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The Russia House

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.

1990 |1h 58m |  Drama, Thriller, Romance

Videos

Cast

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Sean Connery

Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

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Michelle Pfeiffer

Katya Orlova

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Roy Scheider

Russell

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James Fox

Ned

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John Mahoney

Brady

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Michael Kitchen

Clive

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J.T. Walsh

Colonel Quinn

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David Threlfall

Wicklow

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Klaus Maria Brandauer

Dante

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Mac McDonald

Bob

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Nicholas Woodeson

Niki Landau

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Martin Clunes

Brock

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Ian McNeice

Merrydew

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Colin Stinton

Henziger

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Denys Hawthorne

Paddy

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Peter Marinker

U.S. Scientist

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Nikolai Pastukhov

Uncle Matvey

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Jason Salkey

Johnny

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Christopher Lawford

Larry

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Mark LaMura

Todd

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Blu Mankuma

Merv

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Tuck Milligan

Stanley

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Jay Benedict

Spikey

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Fyodor Smirnov

Watcher

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Pavel Sirotin

Watcher

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Martin Wenner

Scientist - Whitehall

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Simon Templeman

Psychoanalyst - Whitehall

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Raisa Ryazanova

Russian Guest

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Kate Lock

Jacky

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Charlotte Cornwell

Charlotte

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Craig Crosbie

Technician

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Rob Freeman

Hoover

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Aleksandr Yatsko

Russian Writer

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David Ryall

Colonial Type

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Nikolay Dik

major of KGB

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Constantine Gregory

KGB Interviewer

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Vladimir Kuznetsov

company representative (uncredited)

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Tina Simmons

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Vladimir Sidorov

an officer of the Leningrad police

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, Russian

Budget

$21,800,000.00

Revenue

$22,997,992.00