The Russia House

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The Russia House (1990)

Directed by Fred Schepisi

“Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.”

Drama, Thriller, Romance · 1h 58m

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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Cast

Crew

Director
Fred Schepisi
Screenplay
Tom Stoppard
Novel
John le Carré
Director of Photography
Ian Baker
Original Music Composer
Jerry Goldsmith
Editor
Peter Honess, Beth Jochem Besterveld
Producer
Paul Maslansky, Fred Schepisi, Nikita Mikhalkov, Leonid Vereshchagin

Details

Release date
1990-12-21
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Romance
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, Russian
Countries
United States of America, Soviet Union
Production
Star Partners III, Studio Trite, MGM-Pathé Communications, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget
$21,800,000
Box office
$22,997,992