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, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider, James Fox, John Mahoney, Michael Kitchen,

Genre:Drama, Thriller, Romance,

country:Soviet Union, United States of America,

Production:Pathé Entertainment, Star Partners III Ltd., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Studio Trite,