Sean Connery - Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Michelle Pfeiffer - Katya Orlova
Roy Scheider - Russell, CIA
James Fox - Ned
John Mahoney - Brady
J.T. Walsh - Colonel Quinn USA
Ken Russell - Walter
Klaus Maria Brandauer - Dante

Director - Fred Schepisi
Screenplay - Tom Stoppard
Based upon the novel The Russia House by John Le Carré
Producers - Paul Maslansky & Fred Schepisi
Photogrphy - Ian Baker
Production Design - Richard MacDonald
Film Editing - Peter Honess
Original Music - Jerry Goldsmith
Casting - Mary Selway
Set Decoration - Simon Wakefield
Costume Design - Ruth Myers

Barley Blair, a British publisher, is given a manuscript by the authorities who find him drunk in a pub. He's asked to go to Russia to contact a man named Goethe, a Russian physicist who wants the manuscript published. After threats by the British intelligence community and the CIA, he agrees to be the middleman. His love for a Russian women, Katya, who is the intermediary between himself and Goethe, leads Barley to despair...changing the tone and complexity of the story. As the Russians get wind of the situation, Barely plays into their hands in order save the life of his love object, Katya and her children. His handlers are confused at their joe's behavior. The CIA takes over the operation in order to handle Barely personally. Nobody is able to handle Barley, even after a lie detector test reveals his thoughts and allegiance as truthful beyond a shadow of doubt. But doubts are only the beginning of Barely's deceptions that makes this thriller one that can't be put down easily.

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada ('safe house' scene)
Lisbon, Portugal
London, England, UK
Moscow, Russia
St Petersburg, Russia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Original Title: The Russia House
Spanish Title: La Casa Rusia
French Title: La Maison Russie
German Title: Das Russland Haus
Hungarian Title: Oroszország ház

USA - 19 December 1990
England - March 1991
Spain - March 1991
Brazil - March 1991
Argentina - 7 March 1991
Germany - 14 March 1991
France - 20 March 1991
Finland - 10 May 1991
Sweden - 5 July 1991

» 1991 - Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Berlin Bear - Best Director: Fred Schepisi (Nominee)

» 1991 - Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award - Best Film (Fred Schepisi) (Nominne)

» 1991 - Golden Globes
Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Michelle Pfeiffer (Nominee)