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.
- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
Pedro Armendáriz
- Kerim Bey
- (as Pedro Armendariz)
Francis De Wolff
- Vavra
- (as Francis de Wolff)
Martine Beswick
- Zora
- (as Martin Beswick)
Lisa Guiraut
- Gypsy Dancer
- (as Leila)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSir Sean Connery called this movie his personal favorite of his Bond movies.
- GoofsWhile 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 creditsErnst Blofeld's actor is credited as "?".
- Alternate versionsIn 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".
- ConnectionsEdited into Doctor Who: The Dæmons: Episode Three (1971)
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Better than Fleming's Novel!
Hard to believe, but the movie is actually an improvement on Fleming's novel. Rather than have the Lektor operation be a simple Russian scheme to discredit Bond as Fleming did, SPECTRE takes a hand here in their first on-screen appearance as an organization. The plot is improved considerably because of this. The movie thrives on its supporting actors and Sheybal. Connery is somewhat outshone by these greater lights, but gives a credible performance. From Russia... is a different pace of movie: no one here is intent on wiping out the world's population, or destroying the gold supply, or stealing submarines. Basically, it's a quiet little plot focusing on an elaborate "sting" operation. Until the end, the pace is kind of slow, and might lose more "modern" audiences, particularly those used to incredible stunt sequences every 20 minutes.
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- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Liebesgrüße aus Moskau
- Filming locations
- Yerebatan Saray Sarniçi, Sultanahmet Square, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey(Basilica Cistern - James Bond and Kerim Bey escape with the Lektor decoding machine)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,796,765
- Gross worldwide
- $24,811,445
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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