From Russia with Love

1963
PG
1h 55m

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7.3/10

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Sean Connery, Martine Beswick, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Shaw, Lisa Guiraut, and Aliza Gur in From Russia with Love (1963)

James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

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James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by the organization Spectre.James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by the organization Spectre.James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by the organization Spectre.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

149K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,340

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Kerim Bey
(as Pedro Armendariz)

Bernard Lee

Eunice Gayson

Sylvia

Walter Gotell

Morzeny

Francis De Wolff

Vavra
(as Francis de Wolff)

George Pastell

Train Conductor

Nadja Regin

Kerim's Girl

Lois Maxwell

Miss Moneypenny

Aliza Gur

Vida

Martine Beswick

Zora
(as Martin Beswick)

Vladek Sheybal

Kronsteen

Anthony Dawson

Ernst Blofeld
(as ?)

Lisa Guiraut

Gypsy Dancer
(as Leila)

Hasan Ceylan

Foreign Agent

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Trivia
Sir Sean Connery called this movie his personal favorite of his Bond movies.

Goofs
While it is true that visitors must remove their shoes in a mosque, Santa Sophia is an exception because it is no longer an "active" place of worship and visitors may keep their shoes.

Quotes
James Bond: Red wine with fish. Well, that should have told me something.
Donald "Red" Grant: You may know the right wines, but you're the one on your knees. How does it feel old man?

Crazy credits
Ernst Blofeld's actor is credited as "?".

Alternate versions
In the French theatrical version the end title song "From Russia With Love" by Matt Monro was sung in French by Swedish singer/actor Bob Askolf under the title "Bons baisers de Russie".

Connections
Edited into Doctor Who: The Dæmons: Episode Three (1971)

Soundtracks
From Russia with Love
Music by John Barry
Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Performed by Matt Monro

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The Best and the Brightest

A Bond film that stands out among all other films as well as the Bond films, From Russia With Love is filled with not only a heavy dose of nonstop action and adventure, but also an intelligent plot that commented heavily on the world state of affairs in 1963. Capitalist and Communists are set to work against each other by SPECTRE, an organization which does not give any special considerations to economic systems, but wishes to weaken the balance of world power and take control itself. The survival of the Bond films depended on their ability to change with the decades, and From Russia With Love is no exception. Great acting performances from not only Sean Connery, but Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz, and Lotte Lenya (the wife of Kurt Weill).