From Russia With Love Movie Facts

6 of the most interesting From Russia With Love facts you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of From Russia With Love movie message.

Terminally ill Pedro Armend?riz accepted the role of Kerim Bey to provide financial security for his wife. After completing his scenes, Armend?riz committed suicide in hospital as his cancer progressed into the advanced stages, emulating his friend Ernest Hemingway.
Terminally ill Pedro Armend?riz accepted the role of Kerim Bey to provide financial security for his wife. After completing his scenes, Armend?riz committed suicide in hospital as his cancer progressed into the advanced stages, emulating his friend Ernest Hemingway.

From Russia With Love Movie Trivia Facts

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  1. Blofeld's face is not shown, and to keep the mystery they did not put an actor in the credits

  2. The chess match was copied from a world famous real-life chess match from 1960. This included the winning move. The match was between Boris Spassky and David Bronstein; Spassky beat Bronstein.

  3. The poster which Krilencu tries to escape through is for a film called 'Call Me Bwana', a Bob Hope comedy produced earlier in that year by the same producers of the Bond films - Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli.

From Russia With Love Easter Eggs

Hidden objects, characters, easter eggs, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.

  • 1 - The character Blofeld is never fully seen on screen. In the credits they also hide the actors identity. (Sorry bad pic)
    The character Blofeld is never fully seen on screen. In the credits they also hide the actors identity. (Sorry bad pic)

  • The billboard Bond looks at with the infrared scope is for movie called Call Me Bwana, produced by Albert R. Broccoli who also produced most of the James Bond films

From Russia With Love poster
From Russia With Love poster

From Russia With Love Plot

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.

Cast and Details

Here are the full cast and crew of From Russia With Love. The goofs, crazy credits, and trivia they have performed may have not taken your attention. Some are hidden for a reason, while others randomly forgotten.

Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director Terence Young
Stars Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya
IMDB score 7.4

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