Torrential

The Russia House

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.

Sean Connery

(Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair)

Michelle Pfeiffer

(Katya Orlova)

Roy Scheider

(Russell)

James Fox

(Ned)

John Mahoney

(Brady)

Michael Kitchen

(Clive)

J.T. Walsh

(Colonel Quinn)

Ken Russell

(Walter)

David Threlfall

(Wicklow)

Klaus Maria Brandauer

(Dante)

Mac McDonald

(Bob)

Nicholas Woodeson

(Niki Landau)

Martin Clunes

(Brock)

Ian McNeice

(Merrydew)

Colin Stinton

(Henziger)

Denys Hawthorne

(Paddy)

George Roth

(Cy)

Peter Marinker

(U.S. Scientist)

Ellen Hurst

(Anna)

Peter Knupffer

(Sergey)

Nikolai Pastukhov

(Uncle Matvey)

Jason Salkey

(Johnny)

Eric Anzumonyln

(Nasayan)

Daniel Woźniak

(Zapadny)

Giorgi Anjaparidze

(Yuri)

Vladek Nikiforov

(Tout)

Christopher Lawford

(Larry)

Mark LaMura

(Todd)

Blu Mankuma

(Merv)

Tuck Milligan

(Stanley)

Jay Benedict

(Spikey)

David Timson

(George)

Yelena Stroyeva

(Anastasia)

Fyodor Smirnov

(Watcher)

Pavel Sirotin

(Watcher)

Paul Jutkevitch

(Misha)

David Henry

(Jr. Minister - Whitehall)

Martin Wenner

(Scientist - Whitehall)

Paul Rattee

(Army Officer - Whitehall)

Simon Templeman

(Psychoanalyst - Whitehall)

Gina Nikiforov

(Russian Guest)

Raisa Ryazanova

(Russian Guest)

Kate Lock

(Jacky)

Charlotte Cornwell

(Charlotte)

Craig Crosbie

(Technician)

Keith Edwards

(Hoover)

Michael Fitzpatrick

(Hoover)

Rob Freeman

(Hoover)

Gennady Venov

(Katya's Father)

Aleksandr Yatsko

(Russian Writer)

Vladimir Zunetov

(Dan)

Jack Raymond

(Lev)

David Ryall

(Colonial Type)

Nikolay Dik

(major of KGB)

Alexei Jawdokimov

(Arkady)

Constantine Gregory

(KGB Interviewer)

Sergey Reusenko

(KGB Man)

Yegueshe Tsturvan

(Flute Player)

Jonathan Reason

(Delegate (uncredited))

Vladimir Kuznetsov

(company representative (uncredited))

Tina Simmons

Vladimir Sidorov

(an officer of the Leningrad police)