The Russia House

The Russia House

118 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 21, 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.

The Russia House

118 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 21, 1990

The Russia House
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Pathé Entertainment, Star Partners III Ltd.
Original title The Russia House
Directors Fred Schepisi
Writers John le Carré, Tom Stoppard

Cast

Sean Connery

as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Michelle Pfeiffer

as Katya Orlova

Roy Scheider

as Russell

James Fox

as Ned

John Mahoney

as Brady

Michael Kitchen

as Clive

J.T. Walsh

as Colonel Quinn

Ken Russell

as Walter

David Threlfall

as Wicklow

Nicholas Woodeson

as Niki Landau

Martin Clunes

as Brock

Ian McNeice

as Merrydew

Colin Stinton

as Henziger

Charlotte Cornwell

as Charlotte

David Ryall

as Colonial Type

Denys Hawthorne

as Paddy

Kate Lock

as Jacky

Simon Templeman

as Psychoanalyst - Whitehall

Jason Salkey

as Johnny

Nikolay Dik

as major of KGB

Mac McDonald

as Bob

George Roth

as Cy

Peter Marinker

as U.S. Scientist

Ellen Hurst

as Anna

Peter Knupffer

as Sergey

Nikolai Pastukhov

as Uncle Matvey

Eric Anzumonyln

as Nasayan

Daniel Woźniak

as Zapadny

Mark LaMura

as Todd

Blu Mankuma

as Merv

Tuck Milligan

as Stanley

Jay Benedict

as Spikey

David Timson

as George

Yelena Stroyeva

as Anastasia

Fyodor Smirnov

as Watcher

Pavel Sirotin

as Watcher

Paul Jutkevitch

as Misha

David Henry

as Jr. Minister - Whitehall

Martin Wenner

as Scientist - Whitehall

Paul Rattee

as Army Officer - Whitehall

Gina Nikiforov

as Russian Guest

Raisa Ryazanova

as Russian Guest

Craig Crosbie

as Technician

Keith Edwards

as Hoover

Rob Freeman

as Hoover

Gennady Venov

as Katya's Father

Sasha Yatsko

as Russian Writer

Jack Raymond

as Lev

Alexei Jawdokimov

as Arkady

Constantine Gregory

as KGB Interviewer

Sergey Reusenko

as KGB Man

Yegueshe Tsturvan

as Flute Player

Jonathan Reason

as Delegate (uncredited)

Aleksandr Yatsko

as Russian Writer

Vladimir Kuznetsov

as company representative (uncredited)