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The Russia House (1990)
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An expatriate British publisher unexpectedly finds himself working for British intelligence to investigate people in Russia. Director:Fred Schepisi |
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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| Sean Connery | ... | ||
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | ||
| Roy Scheider | ... | ||
| James Fox | ... |
Ned
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| John Mahoney | ... |
Brady
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Michael Kitchen | ... |
Clive
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| J.T. Walsh | ... |
Quinn
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| Ken Russell | ... |
Walter
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| David Threlfall | ... |
Wicklow
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| Klaus Maria Brandauer | ... |
Dante
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Mac McDonald | ... |
Bob
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Nicholas Woodeson | ... |
Niki Landau
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Martin Clunes | ... |
Brock
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| Ian McNeice | ... |
Merrydew
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| Colin Stinton | ... |
Henziger
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Storyline
Three notebooks supposedly containing Russian military secrets are handed to a British publisher during a Russian book conference. The British secret service are naturally keen to learn if these notebooks are the genuine article. To this end, they enlist the help of the scruffy British publisher Barley Blair, who has plenty of experience with Russian and Russians. Barley, an unconventionaly character who doesn't respond well to authority, finds himself in a game more complex than he first thought when he digs into the origin of the notebooks. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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John le Carré's The Russia House See more »Box Office
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Barley: Actually I don't live with myself. I tend to give myself a pretty wide berth.
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Written by Fats Waller (as Thomas "Fats" Waller), Harry Brooks & Andy Razaf
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During principal photography of this picture, the infamous symbol of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, finally came down. John le Carré, author of this film's source novel, worked for British Intelligence's Mi5 & Mi6 during the 1950s and 1960s and worked in Berlin. Le Carré' was in Berlin when the Berlin Wall was being constructed. Le Carré drew on this real life experience when he wrote the novel of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' which is set about a year after the Berlin Wall was built. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: Near the end of the movie, at the American control center, when an assistant hands Ned a cup of coffee, he tips it enough that you can see the cup is empty. See more »Quotes
Walter: [looking around the mess of Barley's apartment] How do you *live* with yourself?Barley: Actually I don't live with myself. I tend to give myself a pretty wide berth.
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"Ain't Misbehavin'"Written by Fats Waller (as Thomas "Fats" Waller), Harry Brooks & Andy Razaf
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