The Russia House

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.

Cast

Sean Connery

Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

Michelle Pfeiffer

Katya Orlova

Roy Scheider

Russell

James Fox

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