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The Russia House

The Russia House

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 21, 1990

Runtime

1h 58m

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Romance

User Score

61%

Original Title

The Russia House

Production Companies

Pathé Entertainment, Star Partners III Ltd., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Studio Trite

Director

Fred Schepisi

Budget

$21,800,000

Revenue

$22,997,992

Description

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.