Movie·1990·1h 58m
The Russia House
Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
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.
Written By
Tom Stoppard
Producer
Paul Maslansky, Fred Schepisi
Cinematography
Ian Baker
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Editor
Peter Honess
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
331 votes
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// cast
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
Mac McDonald
Bob
Nicholas Woodeson
Niki Landau
Martin Clunes
Brock
Ian McNeice
Merrydew
Colin Stinton
Henziger
Denys Hawthorne
Paddy
George Roth
Cy
Peter Marinker
U.S. Scientist
// crew
Crew
Tom Stoppard
Screenplay
Paul Maslansky
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Fred Schepisi
Director, Producer
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Peter Honess
Editor
Beth Jochem Besterveld
Editor
Nikita Mikhalkov
Producer
Leonid Vereshchagin
Producer
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