

The Russia House
Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$21800000
Revenue
$22997992
Runtime
118 min
Release Date
1990-12-21
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
306
Vote Average
6.062
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
Ellen Hurst
Anna
Peter Knupffer
Sergey
Nikolai Pastukhov
Uncle Matvey
Jason Salkey
Johnny
Eric Anzumonyln
Nasayan
Daniel Woźniak
Zapadny
Giorgi Anjaparidze
Yuri
Vladek Nikiforov
Tout
Christopher Lawford
Larry
Mark LaMura
Todd
Blu Mankuma
Merv
Tuck Milligan
Stanley
Jay Benedict
Spikey
David Timson
George
Yelena Stroyeva
Anastasia
Fyodor Smirnov
Watcher
Pavel Sirotin
Watcher
Paul Jutkevitch
Misha
David Henry
Jr. Minister - Whitehall
Martin Wenner
Scientist - Whitehall
Paul Rattee
Army Officer - Whitehall
Simon Templeman
Psychoanalyst - Whitehall
Gina Nikiforov
Russian Guest
Raisa Ryazanova
Russian Guest
Kate Lock
Jacky
Charlotte Cornwell
Charlotte
Craig Crosbie
Technician
Keith Edwards
Hoover
Michael Fitzpatrick
Hoover
Rob Freeman
Hoover
Gennady Venov
Katya's Father
Aleksandr Yatsko
Russian Writer
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Dan
Jack Raymond
Lev
David Ryall
Colonial Type
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major of KGB
Alexei Jawdokimov
Arkady
Constantine Gregory
KGB Interviewer
Sergey Reusenko
KGB Man
Yegueshe Tsturvan
Flute Player
Jonty Reason
Delegate (uncredited)
Vladimir Kuznetsov
company representative (uncredited)
Tina Simmons
Vladimir Sidorov
an officer of the Leningrad police
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