The Russia House
1990/12/21 (US) | 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
Lead Cast
Sean Connery
Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Michelle Pfeiffer
Katya Orlova
Roy Scheider
Russell
James Fox
Ned
John Mahoney
Brady
Michael Kitchen
Clive
J. T. Walsh
Colonel Quinn
Budget
$ 21,800,000
Revenue
$ 22,997,992
Status
Released
Production Company
- Pathé Entertainment
- Star Partners III Ltd.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Studio Trite
Crews
Paul Maslansky
Producer
John le Carré
Novel
Fred Schepisi
Producer
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Beth Jochem Besterveld
Editor