The Russia House (1990)

12/21/1990 (SU) • 1h 58m

Drama, Thriller, Romance

Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Sean Connery

Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Michelle Pfeiffer

Katya Orlova

J. T. Walsh

Colonel Quinn


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$21,800,000.00

Revenue

$22,997,992.00

Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)

based on novel or book

secret mission

lisbon, portugal

ex-lover

soviet union

nuclear scientist

moscow, russia

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