Back in the USSR is a 1992 American thriller film directed by Deran Sarafian and starring Frank Whaley, Natalya Negoda and Roman Polanski. Written and produced by Ilmar Taska and Lindsay Smith.
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Plot
Set in Moscow during the last years of the Soviet Union, with Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika in full swing, the film follows Archer Sloan, a young American student from Chicago, who arrives hoping to sample the delights of Moscow, but runs into a number of people interested in stolen art works.
Cast
Frank Whaley as Archer Sloan
Natalya Negoda as Lena
Roman Polanski as Kurilov
Andrew Divoff as Dimitro
Dey Young as Claudia
Ravil Isyanov as Georgi
Harry Ditson as Whittier
Brian Blessed as Chazov
Constantine Gregory as Stanley
Boris Romanov as father Pyotr
Vsevolod Safonov as Ivan
Yuri Sarantsev as concierge
Oleg Anofriyev as taxi driver