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Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept. - The Russia House
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Title: The Russia House

Release Date: 21 Dec 1990

Runtime: 1h 58m

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance

Director: Pathé Entertainment, Star Partners III Ltd., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Studio Trite

Production Companies: Pathé Entertainment, Star Partners III Ltd., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Studio Trite

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.1 (296 votes)

Cast

  • Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair: Sean Connery
  • Katya Orlova: Michelle Pfeiffer
  • Russell: Roy Scheider
  • Ned: James Fox
  • Brady: John Mahoney
  • Clive: Michael Kitchen
  • Colonel Quinn: J. T. Walsh
  • Walter: Ken Russell
  • Wicklow: David Threlfall
  • Dante: Klaus Maria Brandauer
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