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
David Threlfall
as Wicklow
Nicholas Woodeson
as Niki Landau
Jay Benedict
as Spikey
Sean Connery
as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Colin Stinton
as Henziger
Denys Hawthorne
as Paddy
David Ryall
as Colonial Type
Michael Kitchen
as Clive
Ken Russell
as Walter
Mac McDonald
as Bob
Peter Marinker
as U.S. Scientist
Pavel Sirotin
as Watcher
Kate Lock
as Jacky
Simon Templeman
as Psychoanalyst - Whitehall
Nikolay Dik
as major of KGB
Christopher Lawford
as Larry
Alexei Jawdokimov
as Arkady
James Fox
as Ned
Rob Freeman
as Hoover
Vladimir Kuznetsov
as company representative (uncredited)
Roy Scheider
as Russell
Nikolai Pastukhov
as Uncle Matvey
Raisa Ryazanova
as Russian Guest
Ian McNeice
as Merrydew
Tuck Milligan
as Stanley
Fyodor Smirnov
as Watcher
Aleksandr Yatsko
as Russian Writer
Martin Clunes
as Brock
Martin Wenner
as Scientist - Whitehall
Constantine Gregory
as KGB Interviewer
Jason Salkey
as Johnny
Jonty Reason
as Delegate (uncredited)
John Mahoney
as Brady
J. T. Walsh
as Colonel Quinn
Vladimir Sidorov
as an officer of the Leningrad police
Craig Crosbie
as Technician
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Katya Orlova
Charlotte Cornwell
as Charlotte
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Dante
Mark LaMura
as Todd
Blu Mankuma
as Merv