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The Russia House is a 1990 American spy film directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox, John Mahoney, Klaus Maria Brandauer and director Ken Russell. Tom Stoppard wrote the screenplay based on John le Carré's 1989 novel of the same name.
Katya. Roy Scheider. Russell. James Fox. Ned. John Mahoney. Brady. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. While visiting Moscow, British publisher Barley Blair (Sean Connery) learns of a...
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- Fred Schepisi
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- Sean Connery
Film and audio adaptations. A film based on the novel was released in 1990, starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, directed by Fred Schepisi. It was one of the first western films to be shot on location in the Soviet Union. Principal photography included scenes in and around Moscow and Leningrad (now St Petersburg).
- John Le Carré
- 1989
Dec 21, 1990 · 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. The manuscript is intercepted by ...
Summaries. 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. Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher ...
The Russia House. HD. A U.K. publisher is summoned by spies to determine the authenticity of a revealing document about the Soviet Union in this thriller. 728 IMDb 6.1 2 h 3 min 1990. X-Ray R. Drama · Suspense · Cerebral · Compelling. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.89. Buy. HD $13.99. More purchase. options.
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. Fred Schepisi. Director. John le Carré. Novel.
