The Russia House
The Russia House
Release: 1990-12-21
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 6.1
Drama
Thriller
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Star Partners III
Studio Trite
MGM-Pathé Communications
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
James Fox
as Ned
Michael Kitchen
as Clive
J. T. Walsh
as Colonel Quinn
Ken Russell
as Walter
Rob Freeman
as Hoover
Jonty Reason
as Delegate (uncredited)
David Threlfall
as Wicklow
John Mahoney
as Brady
Vladimir Sidorov
as an officer of the Leningrad police
Ian McNeice
as Merrydew
Nicholas Woodeson
as Niki Landau
Peter Marinker
as U.S. Scientist
Simon Templeman
as Psychoanalyst - Whitehall
Charlotte Cornwell
as Charlotte
Alexei Jawdokimov
as Arkady
Fyodor Smirnov
as Watcher
Christopher Lawford
as Larry
Aleksandr Yatsko
as Russian Writer
Nikolai Pastukhov
as Uncle Matvey
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Katya Orlova
Martin Clunes
as Brock
Mark LaMura
as Todd
Mac McDonald
as Bob
Roy Scheider
as Russell
Blu Mankuma
as Merv
Jay Benedict
as Spikey
Nikolay Dik
as major of KGB
Vladimir Kuznetsov
as company representative (uncredited)
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Dante
Denys Hawthorne
as Paddy
Martin Wenner
as Scientist - Whitehall
Kate Lock
as Jacky
Jason Salkey
as Johnny
Sean Connery
as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Tuck Milligan
as Stanley
Craig Crosbie
as Technician
David Ryall
as Colonial Type
Colin Stinton
as Henziger
Raisa Ryazanova
as Russian Guest
Constantine Gregory
as KGB Interviewer
Pavel Sirotin
as Watcher