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From Russia with Love

  • 19631963
  • PGPG
  • 1h 55m
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7.4/10
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Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, and Robert Shaw in From Russia with Love (1963)
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
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James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
133K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,824
427
  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)
    • Johanna Harwood(adapted by)
    • Ian Fleming(novel)
  • Stars
    • Sean Connery
    • Robert Shaw
    • Lotte Lenya
Top credits
  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)
    • Johanna Harwood(adapted by)
    • Ian Fleming(novel)
  • Stars
    • Sean Connery
    • Robert Shaw
    • Lotte Lenya
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 482User reviews
    • 130Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • James Bondas James Bond
    Robert Shaw
    Robert Shaw
    • Grantas Grant
    Lotte Lenya
    Lotte Lenya
    • Rosa Klebbas Rosa Klebb
    Daniela Bianchi
    Daniela Bianchi
    • Tatianaas Tatiana
    Pedro Armendáriz
    Pedro Armendáriz
    • Kerim Beyas Kerim Bey
    • (as Pedro Armendariz)
    Bernard Lee
    Bernard Lee
    • 'M'as 'M'
    Eunice Gayson
    Eunice Gayson
    • Sylviaas Sylvia
    Walter Gotell
    Walter Gotell
    • Morzenyas Morzeny
    Francis De Wolff
    • Vavraas Vavra
    • (as Francis de Wolff)
    George Pastell
    George Pastell
    • Train Conductoras Train Conductor
    Nadja Regin
    Nadja Regin
    • Kerim's Girlas Kerim's Girl
    Lois Maxwell
    Lois Maxwell
    • Miss Moneypennyas Miss Moneypenny
    Aliza Gur
    Aliza Gur
    • Vidaas Vida
    Martine Beswick
    Martine Beswick
    • Zoraas Zora
    • (as Martin Beswick)
    Vladek Sheybal
    Vladek Sheybal
    • Kronsteenas Kronsteen
    Anthony Dawson
    Anthony Dawson
    • Ernst Blofeldas Ernst Blofeld
    • (as ?)
    Lisa Guiraut
    • Gypsy Danceras Gypsy Dancer
    • (as Leila)
    Hasan Ceylan
    Hasan Ceylan
    • Foreign Agentas Foreign Agent
    • Director
      • Terence Young
    • Writers
      • Richard Maibaum(screenplay by)
      • Johanna Harwood(adapted by)
      • Ian Fleming(novel) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Director Terence Young disliked Daniela Bianchi's legs, and used a stand-in for the scene where Bond spies on the Russian embassy in Istanbul with a periscope.
    • Goofs
      While it is true that visitors must remove their shoes in a mosque, Santa Sophia is an exception because it is no longer an "active" place of worship and visitors may keep their shoes.
    • Quotes

      James Bond: Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something.

      Donald "Red" Grant: You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

    • Crazy credits
      Ernst Blofeld's actor is credited as "?".
    • Alternate versions
      In the French theatrical version the end title song "From Russia With Love" by Matt Monro was sung in French by Swedish singer/actor Bob Askolf under the title "Bons baisers de Russie".
    • Connections
      Edited into The Protectors (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      From Russia with Love
      Music by John Barry

      Lyrics by Lionel Bart

      Performed by Matt Monro

    User reviews482

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    Top review
    8/10
    Bond in a Cold Climate
    'From Russia With Love' is the second and last of the Bond films to be made without a rigid formula. With 'Goldfinger', the expected elements of the later films would all accrue in a single film, setting a template the series would struggle to escape from (and, for the most part, would not bother trying to). So, like 'Dr. No', there's only a single sex interest (let's not use the term 'love' too lightly), rather than the good-girl-survives, bad/tragic-girl-dies dichotomy that would later structure all the films (bar OHMSS and, interestingly, the Dalton films), and unlike 'Dr. No', the villainous plot is rather small beer and resolutely real-world - to steal a code machine and humiliate the British Intelligence community in the process. There's also no bombastic theme song, although Matt Monro provides an easy-listening version of the theme tune at the end (it's not half bad, actually, although Shirley Bassey's brassy 'Goldfinger' makes it seem antediluvian in comparison).

    Effectively, this means that it's the last Bond film in which the makers were trying to make a film, not a Bond film. It didn't matter if the motifs were all there or not, it only mattered if it was a good film. Unsurprisingly, it has a good claim to being the best film of the series, and it's certainly the least self-conscious (compare with 'Thunderball', an artificial attempt to replicate 'Goldfinger' but making everything bigger).

    So, Daniela Bianchi isn't really just the latest 'Bond Girl', but the character at the heart of this thriller - she pretty much is the story. Ursula Andress might have had an iconic entrance in 'Dr. No', but she was so much window-dressing, irrelevant to the plot, arriving late and with almost no agency in the events that unfold around her. By contrast, the crucial pivot of 'From Russia With Love' is whether Bianchi's Tanya will side with Bond or SMERSH - the age old 'love or duty' dilemma.

    The film also takes time with detours that have little to do with the main plot - as in the sequence at the gypsy camp. There is a real feeling of a functioning world around Bond's escapades, rather than just colourful 'exotic' backdrops.

    There also isn't an undue emphasis on big action set pieces - Bond's encounter with a helicopter (very 'North by Northwest' - in fact Hitchcock's influence is detectable throughout this film, from the Cathedral sequence, to the cool Blondeness of Bianchi, to the train setting of the second half) and the climactic speedboat chase are well-executed, but miniature next to those of later films. Tellingly, the best remembered action sequence is the fight between Connery and Robert Shaw on the train, and the series would never better this intimate, brutal struggle.

    Shaw is by far the best of the series' bull-necked heavies - he's intelligent and charismatic as well as forceful, almost a Bond-equivalent. Lotte Lenya and Pedro Armendariz are both excellent in their supporting turns, reminders of a time when the series actually featured fully developed supporting characters, and Bianchi is good - she may lack the overt sex appeal of Andress, but she's a better actress, playing innocent without being either stupid or dull. Connery really grows into the role here, a long way from the pork-pie hatted clod he was in the first film but still untamed and prickly enough to be an exciting screen presence. It was a long slow decline from here to the tubby jobsworth of 'Diamonds Are Forever'.

    The early Bond films often escape the critical gaze, and when they are subjected to it, it is usually through rose-tinted spectacles. 'Dr. No' is dull and poorly acted, 'Goldfinger' fun but rather shapeless, and 'Thunderball' just tries too hard altogether. 'From Russia With Love' is a polished little gem, a cold-war thriller done with great style, and a minor masterpiece, irrespective of the series around it.
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    FAQ25

    • Why did Bond tell Tania they were going to rob the consulate on the 14th when he really intended to do it on the 13th?
    • Wasn't that Werner Klemperer (Col. Klink, from Hogan's Hero's) who met the Russian woman as she got off the helicopter? He's uncredited.
    • What is "From Russia with Love" about?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Turkish
      • Romany
    • Also known as
      • James Bond 007 - Liebesgrüße aus Moskau
    • Filming locations
      • Yerebatan Saray Sarniçi, Sultanahmet Square, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production company
      • Eon Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,796,765
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,808,792
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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