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The Russia House

The Russia House
★ 6.1/10•1990•1h 58m•R•Drama•Thriller•Romance

Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.

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.

Fred Schepisi · Director

Tom Stoppard · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 58m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 21, 1990
Budget$21,800,000
Revenue$22,997,992

Actors

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer

Katya Orlova

Roy Scheider

Roy Scheider

Russell

James Fox

James Fox

Ned

John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Brady

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

Clive

J.T. Walsh

J.T. Walsh

Colonel Quinn

Ken Russell

Ken Russell

Walter

David Threlfall

David Threlfall

Wicklow

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Dante

Mac McDonald

Mac McDonald

Bob

Nicholas Woodeson

Nicholas Woodeson

Niki Landau

Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes

Brock

Ian McNeice

Ian McNeice

Merrydew

Colin Stinton

Colin Stinton

Henziger

Denys Hawthorne

Denys Hawthorne

Paddy

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