From Russia with Love
From Russia with Love is a 1963 spy film and the second in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, as well as Sean Connery's second role as MI6 agent 007 James Bond. The picture was directed by Terence Young, produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood, based on Ian Fleming's 1957 novel From Russia, with Love. In the film, Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond's killing of Dr. No. The film followed Dr. No (1962) and was followed by Goldfinger (1964).
Plot
International criminal organisation SPECTRE seeks revenge against MI6 agent James Bond for the death of their agent Dr. No in Jamaica. SPECTRE's chief planner, Czechoslovak chess grandmaster Kronsteen devises a plan to lure Bond into a trap, using as bait the prospects of procuring a Lektor cryptography device from the Soviet Union's consulate in Istanbul. SPECTRE operative Rosa Klebb, a formerly head of SMERSH (Soviet counter-intelligence), is assigned to oversee the mission and chooses trained killer Donald Grant to assassinate Bond at the right moment. To set the trap, Klebb recruits a cipher clerk at the consulate, Tatiana Romanova, to unwittingly assist in the plan, tricking Romanova into believing Klebb is still working for SMERSH.
Cast
- Aliza Gur
- Anthony Dawson
- Bernard Lee
- Bob Simmons
- Daniela Bianchi
- Desmond Llewelyn
- Dorothea Bennett
- Elizabeth Counsell
- Eunice Gayson
- Francis de Wolff
- Fred Haggerty
- Fred Wood
- Giorgos Pastell
- Hasan Ceylan
- Lois Maxwell
- Lotte Lenya
- Martine Beswick
- Michael Culver
- Moris Farhi
- Nadja Regin
- Pedro Armendáriz
- Peter Bayliss
- Peter Madden
- Robert Shaw
- Sean Connery
- Terence Young
- Vladek Sheybal
- Walter Gotell
More details
| author | Johanna Harwood Richard Maibaum |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Belgrade Istanbul London Venice Yugoslavia Zagreb |
| director | Terence Young |
| editor | Peter R. Hunt |
| events | Cold War espionage |
| genre | action thriller |
| keywords | ali kerim bey armalite ar-7 attack booby trap briefcase british intelligence chess grandmaster dr. no escape plan film grandmaster gypsy hide out hotel suite istria james bond julius no kill m meet mi6 orient express romani people rosa klebb secret intelligence service shadow smersh sniper rifle soviet union spectre tatiana romanova west |
| musicBy | John Barry |
| producer | Albert R. Broccoli Harry Saltzman |
| productionCompany | Eon Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Bridge of Sighs Crinan Eryri Galata Bridge Golden Horn Grand Bazaar Hurley Istanbul Loch Craignish Lochgoilhead Madrid Pinewood Studios Sirkeci railway station Spice Bazaar Sultan Ahmed Mosque Switzerland Topkapı Palace Venice |
| theme | sequel spy stag |