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- It captures the majesty of Russia in visits to Moscow and St. Petersburg (Leningrad) as well as the crumbling Soviet state. The first western movie filmed in the Soviet Union, The Russia House is better defined as a love story than as a spy thriller.
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Dec 21, 1990 · With Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox. A British publisher is sent a manuscript detailing Soviet Union nuclear missile capabilities. British Intelligence intercept it and recruit him to investigate the author's editor, a beautiful Russian woman he claims never to have met.
- (18K)
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Fred Schepisi
- 1990-12-21
The Russia House is a 1990 American spy film directed by Fred Schepisi. Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay based on John le Carré's novel of the same name. The film stars Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox, John Mahoney, and Klaus Maria Brandauer.
- Fred Schepisi
Dec 21, 1990 · Advertisement. The film, like John le Carre's novel, takes place in a world where glasnost is eroding the old certainties about the Cold War. It tells the story of a small-time, alcoholic London book publisher named Barley ( Sean Connery ), who is sent a manuscript by a beautiful Russian woman he claims never to have met.
Dec 21, 1990 · 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.
Movie Info Synopsis While visiting Moscow, British publisher Barley Blair (Sean Connery) learns of a manuscript detailing the Soviet Union's nuclear missile capabilities.
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- Fred Schepisi
- R
- Sean Connery
British Intelligence intercept it and recruit him to investigate the author's editor, a beautiful Russian woman he claims never to have met. Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference.
How to watch online, stream, rent or buy The Russia House in the UK + release dates, reviews and trailers. From the pen of master spy novelist John le Carre.
