Dec 21, 1990
118 min
Full-HD

The Russia House (1990)

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.

Category

Drama Thriller Romance

Country

Soviet Union United States of America

Companies

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

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

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