The Russia House
1990 · 1h 58m · Drama, Romance, Thriller · United States of America, Soviet Union · Rated R (US)
Their love was as dangerous as the secrets they kept.
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.
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based on novel or bookcentral intelligence agency (cia)ex-loverlisbon, portugalmoscow, russianuclear scientistsecret missionsoviet union
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