From Russia with Love (1963)

Director:

Terence Young

Writers:

Ian Fleming (novel)
Johanna Harwood (adaptation)
(more)

Release Date:

27 May 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Embassy | Speedboat | Loss Of Father | Powder | Shootout

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Sean Connery	...	James Bond
Daniela Bianchi	...	Tatiana Romanova
Pedro Armendáriz	...	Ali Kerim Bey (as Pedro Armendariz)
Lotte Lenya	...	Rosa Klebb
Robert Shaw	...	Donovan 'Red' Grant
Bernard Lee	...	M
Eunice Gayson	...	Sylvia Trench
Walter Gotell	...	Morzeny
Francis De Wolff	...	Vavra - Gypsy Leader (as Francis de Wolff)
George Pastell	...	Train Conductor
Nadja Regin	...	Kerim's Girl
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Aliza Gur	...	Vida
Martine Beswick	...	Zora (also as Martin Beswick)
Vladek Sheybal	...	Kronsteen
Lisa Guiraut	...	Gypsy Belly Dancer (as Leila)
Hasan Ceylan	...	Foreign Agent
Fred Haggerty	...	Krilencu
Neville Jason	...	Kerim's Chauffeur
Peter Bayliss	...	Benz
Nusret Ataer	...	Mehmet (as Nushet Ataer)
Peter Brayham	...	Rhoda
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Major Boothroyd
Jan Williams	...	Masseuse
Peter Madden	...	McAdams - Chess Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothea Bennett	...	Woman on Bridge in Venice (uncredited)
Bedri Çavusoglu	...	Police (uncredited)
Elizabeth Counsell	...	Woman in a Punt (uncredited)
Michael Culver	...	Man in a Punt (uncredited)
Anthony Dawson	...	Ernst Stavro Blofeld (uncredited)
Moris Farhi	...	Gypsy (uncredited)
William Hill	...	Captain Nash (uncredited)
Barbara Jefford	...	Tatiana Romanova (voice) (uncredited)
Muhammat Kohen	...	Mosque Tour Guide (uncredited)
Julie Mendez	...	Girl Dancing During Opening Titles (uncredited)
Eric Pohlmann	...	Ernst Stavro Blofeld (voice) (uncredited)
Jaqi Saltzman	...	Woman on Train (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	...	James Bond in Gunbarrel Sequence (uncredited)
Nikki Van der Zyl	...	Receptionist (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Terence Young

Writing credits
Ian Fleming		(novel)
Johanna Harwood		(adaptation)
Richard Maibaum		(screenplay)

Produced by
Albert R. Broccoli	....	producer
Harry Saltzman	....	producer
Stanley Sopel	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
John Barry

Cinematography by
Ted Moore		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter R. Hunt		(as Peter Hunt)

Casting by
Weston Drury Jr.		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Syd Cain

Costume Design by
Jocelyn Rickards

Makeup Department
Basil Newall	....	makeup artist
Paul Rabiger	....	makeup artist
Eileen Warwick	....	dresser

Production Management
William Hill	....	production manager (as Bill Hill)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David C. Anderson	....	assistant director (as David Anderson)
Terence Churcher	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Freda Pearson	....	set dresser
Michael White	....	assistant art director
Roger Cain	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
John Chisholm	....	props (uncredited)
Ron Quelch	....	production buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
C. Le Mesurier	....	sound recordist (as C. le Messurier)
Harry Miller	....	dubbing editor
John W. Mitchell	....	sound recordist
Norman Wanstall	....	dubbing editor

Special Effects by
Frank George	....	special effects assistant
John Stears	....	special effects
Wally Armitage	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Harris	....	special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Snow	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jimmy Ward	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Cliff Culley	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Roy Field	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Peter Perkins	....	stunt work arranger
Bob Anderson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Brace	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ken Buckle	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper	....	train fight double: Robert Shaw (uncredited)
Gerry Crampton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Leslie Crawford	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Cummings	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Diamond	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Diggins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Dunne	....	stunts (uncredited)
Max Faulkner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tex Fuller	....	stunts (uncredited)
Sol Gorss	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Graydon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Arthur Howell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Lodge	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Perkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Perkins	....	train fight double: Sean Connery (uncredited)
Terence Plummer	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dinny Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Terry Richards	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Sholomir	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Bob Simmons	....	train fight double: Sean Connery (uncredited)
Rocky Taylor	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Kindred	....	camera operator: second unit (as Robert Kindred)
John Winbolt	....	camera operator (as Johnny Winbolt)
Ray Hearne	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Simon Ransley	....	clapper loader (uncredited)
John Shinerock	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ernie Farrer	....	wardrobe master
Eileen Sullivan	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
Ben Rayner	....	assembly editor

Music Department
John Barry	....	conductor
Monty Norman	....	composer: James Bond theme
Vic Flick	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Sidney Margo	....	music contractor (uncredited)

Other crew
Trevor Bond	....	assistant title designer
Albert R. Broccoli	....	presenter
Robert Brownjohn	....	title designer
Frank Ernst	....	location manager
Ilhan Filmer	....	production assistant: Istanbul (as Ilham Filmer)
Kay Mander	....	continuity
Harry Saltzman	....	presenter
Captain John Crewdson	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Maureen Newman	....	assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Golda Offenheim	....	production office (uncredited)
Golda Offenheim	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Charles Russhon	....	military liaison: Turkey (uncredited)
Charles Russhon	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Captain Cyril Sweetman	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Eon Productions

Distributors

• United Artists Corporation (1963) (UK) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1964) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Australia) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1974) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (video)
• C.B. Films (1964) (Spain) (theatrical)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1983) (USA) (video)
• CBS/Fox (USA) (laserdisc)
• Criterion Collection, The (USA) (laserdisc)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (1981) (USA) (TV) (cable television)
• Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) (1964) (Norway) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2000) (UK) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• RCA (1981) (USA) (video) (Selectavision videodisc)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2006) (worldwide) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (UK) (DVD) (Ultimate Edition)
• Tuschinski Film Distribution (1964) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (as Nova)
• United Artists (1963) (Australia) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1964) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1964) (France) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1963) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Warner Home Video (1983) (Australia) (video)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  studio
• Studios CTS  music recorded at (as CTS Studios London)
• Lowry Digital Images  pristine digital restoration: 2006
• United Artists  current copyright proprietor

Also Known As:

Ian Fleming's 'From Russia with Love' (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Russian | Turkish

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | South Korea:15 | Ireland:PG | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Iceland:12 | Brazil:12 | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:(Banned) (1964) | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (original rating) | USA:GP (re-rating) (1971) | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

"The Canals", Venice, Veneto, Italy

Company:

Eon Productions

Trivia:

Robert Shaw and Sean Connery did most of the fight on the train themselves.

Goofs:

Continuity: After the bogus Agent Nash knocks out Bond and searches his pockets, he slides 007s money clip into the left-hand outer pocket of his own jacket. Once Bond has done away with Nash, he retrieves his cash from the right inner chest pocket of his adversary's jacket.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Morzeny: [after Grant kills a look-a-like Bond] Exactly one minute, fifty-two seconds. That's excellent.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Simpsons: Two Bad Neighbors (#7.13)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

From Russia With Love

Top-notch.

By no means a great movie, but a top-notch BOND movie. Connery isn't yet as entertaining as he later became (especially in "Thunderball"), but he is certainly more confident and likable than he was in "'Dr.No". This is probably the only GENUINE spy movie in the series, and it contains (in my opinion) the best-sustained sequence of all the Bonds (the Connery-Shaw fight and the 15 minutes leading to it). Unfortunately, the two following climaxes (especially the boat chase) can't approach the same level of quality. It's still above-average.