From Russia with Love

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

1963 1h 55m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 3,490🍅97%Rotten Tomatoes●83Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 157,340

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Synopsis

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Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

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

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Cast

Sean Connery
James Bond
Daniela Bianchi
Tatiana 'Tanja' Romanova
Pedro Armendáriz
Ali Kerim Bey
Robert Shaw
Donald 'Red' Grant
Lotte Lenya
Rosa Klebb
Bernard Lee
M
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
Eunice Gayson
Sylvia Trench

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Terence Young
Writers: Richard Maibaum
Languages: English, Russian, Turkish, Romanian
Countries: United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $79M — a 39.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Russian, Turkish, Romanian.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "James Bond Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Terence Young, shot by Ted Moore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Barry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Peter R. Hunt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Terence Young directs. Ted Moore behind the camera. John Barry scores. Peter R. Hunt cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English, Russian, Turkish, Romanian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $79M — a 39.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
363 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Dialogue crosses 4 languages: English, Russian, Turkish, Romanian.
5Part of the "James Bond Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Terence Young, shot by Ted Moore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Barry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Peter R. Hunt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi and Pedro Armendáriz carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!".
11IMDB entry: tt0057076 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 22 themes, including "assassin", "london, england", "assassination", "based on novel or book".
13Released under 30 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ted Moore
Original score: John Barry
Editing: Peter R. Hunt
Costume design: Jocelyn Rickards
Makeup / hair: Eileen Warwick
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,000,000
Box office: $78,900,000
Return: 3945% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: From Russia with Love (1963)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 83/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 157,340 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award3 wins & 6 nominations total

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James Bond Collection

The James Bond Collection is a legendary spy film series based on Ian Fleming’s novels, following MI6 agent 007, James Bond, as he takes on global threats with style, gadgets, and charm. Produced by EON Productions, the franchise spans 25 official films (1962–2021) and has featured six actors, from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig. Known for its thrilling action, iconic villains, Bond girls, and unforgettable theme songs, the series remains a cornerstone of the spy genre. With espionage, luxury cars, and shaken-not-stirred martinis, Bond continues to captivate audiences worldwide.

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John Chard2019-09-11
★ 8/10
There's a saying in England: Where there's smoke, there's fire! From Russia With Love is directed by Terence Young and adapted to screenplay by Richard Maibaum & Johanna Harwood from the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. It stars Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw & Pedro Armendáriz. Music is by John Barry and cinematography by Ted Moore. James Bond's second cinematic outing has 007 sent on a mission to Istanbul to try and acquire a Russian cypher machine known as Lektor. It's a trap set up by SPECTRE, who formulate a plan to upset the world order whilst murdering Bond in revenge for his killing of their agent Dr. No. Spy Hard! A certain JFK had announced From Russia With Love as being one of his favourite books, thus making the minds up of producers Broccoli & Saltzman to make Fleming's Cold War thriller the follow up to Dr. No. It's a favourite of many a Bond aficionado because it represents one of the few occasions where Bond was still down to earth as a person, a hard working agent forced to do detective work. The adaptation is very literate as well, with a high fidelity to the source material a major bonus to Fleming's fans. The story is tautly told, often with dark tints the deeper Bond gets into things, and a number of excellently constructed set pieces fill out the latter half of the picture. It's not hard to understand why Connery cites this as his favourite Bond film. Though it is mostly free of the gadget excess that would become a trademark of the franchise, it's still very much a quintessential Bond movie. Exotic locations and exotic foes, eye poppingly gorgeous ladies (Bianchi smouldering like few others can), pre-credits sequence, the snazzy title credits (here on a dancing lady), title song crooned by a big name (Matt Munro), Barry's blending of the Bond theme into the score, Blofeld (a faceless Anthony Dawson) and an impressive cast list. One of the film's big strengths is the cast assembled, Connery (firmly moving into iconic realm) is aided considerably by the presence of Lenya, Shaw and Armendáriz, while the first appearance of Desmond Llewelyn as Boothroyd (latterly to be known as Q) is a telling point in the series. With a $2 million budget in the coffers, the makers were able to really push the boat out technically, and so they were rewarded as the pic went on to gross nearly $79 million Worldwide. Crucially it became apparent that James Bond was popular outside of Britain, the template had been set, what would they do with the next Bond outing we all wondered? 8/10
Wuchak2021-05-19
★ 6/10
SPECTRE agents, Istanbul, Gypsies, beautiful women and the Orient Express Agent 007 (Sean Connery) is sent on a dubious mission at Istanbul to possibly acquire a Lektor cryptography device from the Soviets via their consulate. Bond meets a naïve Russian beauty (Daniela Bianchi) that SPECTRE agent Klebb (Lotte Lenya) recruits to carry out their assassination plan with the help of a brawny Irish Assassin (Robert Shaw). "From Russian with Love" (1963) is a solid sequel in the franchise highlighted by the Istanbul locations, the Gypsy sequence where two women have a catfight (Aliza Gur & Martine Beswick) and, later, a serious train scrap. In addition, Eunice Gayson returns for another cameo as Sylvia Trench and the flick closes with a thrilling clash with a helicopter and a boat chase. Unfortunately, the story’s just not as compelling as “Dr. No” (1962). It’s my least favorite in Connery’s run, although it’s still a solid entry. The film runs 1 hour, 55 minutes and was shot in Istanbul, Turkey; Pinewood Studios near London; and Crinan, Argyll & Bute, Scotland (finale helicopter and boat chase scenes). GRADE: B-
GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
I love this one... surprise, surprise, surprise. Everyone loves this one. I think if there were a true point of contest amongst die hard Bond fans it is From Russia With Love v Goldfinger for the best Bond film. Clearly I'm in the From Russia With Love camp, because it works as a serious spy thriller, it works as a Bond movie, it works as a dramatic thriller and it works as an action movie. It has enough character to be an extremely well made Bond film, and, for a second outing, nobody has done it better.