Drama / Thriller / Romance /

Score: 61%( 313 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

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

Jonty Reason
Delegate (uncredited)

Vladimir Kuznetsov
company representative (uncredited)

Vladimir Sidorov
an officer of the Leningrad police