Film

The Russia House (1990)

Name: The Russia House
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Released: 1990

Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
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Drama, Romance, Thriller· Directed by Fred Schepisi· 118 min

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.

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A Spy Story . . . A Love Story . . . A Story to Cross all Boundaries.
He took a chance because he had nothing to lose, she took a chance because she had everything to gain.
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Top billing

Sean Connery as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Michelle Pfeiffer as Katya Orlova
Roy Scheider as Russell
James Fox as Ned
John Mahoney as Brady

Topics

based on novel or book
central intelligence agency (cia)
ex-lover
lisbon, portugal
moscow, russia
nuclear scientist
secret mission
soviet union