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      The Russia House

      1990, Drama, 2h 3m

      20 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      While visiting Moscow, British publisher Barley Blair (Sean Connery) learns of a manuscript detailing the Soviet Union's nuclear missile capabilities. British intelligence and the CIA consider the book to contain crucial information and recruit Blair to investigate its editor, Katya Orlova (Michelle Pfeiffer). As Blair learns the origin of the manuscript and discovers Russian military secrets, he falls in love with Katya and fights to protect her family.

      • Rating: R

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Fred Schepisi

      • Producer: Paul Maslansky, Fred Schepisi

      • Writer: Tom Stoppard

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $22.6M

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      • Production Co: Pathé Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

      • Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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      • Jul 24, 2016

        The plot is an interesting combination of espionage and romance, and it benefits from a great score and some beautiful locations, but it is just too bad that it is made into such an extremely dull affair in which the romance seems forced and the espionage is tedious to death.

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      • Jul 22, 2014

        Although I liked Connery and Pfeiffer's acting, I found that actually understanding the significance of the notebooks and what happens with them was difficult. I had to watch it more than once to understand it.

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      • Sep 02, 2013

        As one of the last cold war thrillers to actually be made during that era its a fitting finale, pointing out the nonsense of the whole affair and placing individual people and relationships in higher importance than patriotism (I'd expect nothing less from a John le Carre' adaptation). Connery and Pfeiffer are fantastic.

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      • Sep 19, 2012

        Acceptable thriller with perpetually old Sean Connery proposing mature love to Michelle Pfeiffer. Perhaps no chemistry is needed..for there is none. This type of film has been made better before..and since.

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