
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.

as Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair

as Katya Orlova

as Russell

as Ned

as Brady

as Clive

as Colonel Quinn

as Walter

as Wicklow

as Dante

as Bob

as Niki Landau

as Brock

as Merrydew

as Henziger

as Paddy

as Cy

as U.S. Scientist

as Anna

as Sergey

as Uncle Matvey

as Johnny

as Nasayan

as Zapadny

as Yuri

as Tout

as Larry

as Todd

as Merv

as Stanley

as Spikey

as George

as Anastasia

as Watcher

as Watcher

as Misha

as Jr. Minister - Whitehall

as Scientist - Whitehall

as Army Officer - Whitehall

as Psychoanalyst - Whitehall

as Russian Guest

as Russian Guest

as Jacky

as Charlotte

as Technician

as Hoover

as Hoover

as Hoover

as Katya's Father

as Russian Writer

as Dan

as Lev

as Colonial Type

as major of KGB

as Arkady

as KGB Interviewer

as KGB Man

as Flute Player

as Delegate (uncredited)

as company representative (uncredited)

as an officer of the Leningrad police