The Russia House. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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The Russia House
John le Carré, 1989
movie vs book
Fred Schepisi, 1990

Bartholomew Barley Scott-Blair, the head of a British publishing firm, arrives in Moscow on business. At a writers’ retreat near Peredelkino, he speaks of an end to tensions with the West, heard by the mysterious Dante, who demands for Barley to promise to do the right thing if the opportunity arises.