 From Russia With Love is a 1963 UK James Bond film by Terence Young (MGM)
The BBFC cut the cinema release in 1963. Some footage was later restored but most cuts persist in all prints worldwide.
- Sexual dialogue early in the film about lovers and physical enjoyment have been removed
- The gypsy dance has been shortened, removing in particular almost all shots of the dancer wriggling her stomach and bending right over
backwards
- The fight that happens soon after between the two women has been heavily cut
- Tania walking nude towards the bed was cut for cinema release, but has since been restored for all video releases
- The reference to searching Tania has been cut soon after
- Bond and Tania’s kissing in bed has been trimmed
- The footage of Bond and Tania being filmed and photographed by two men through the mirror has been darkened and shortened through the introduction of an early fade to black
- When M and other’s listen to the recording of Bond questioning Tania, the line Was I as exciting as all those Western girls? has ‘was’ changed to ‘am’, as it was considered less sexually suggestive
- On the train, Bond lowering the blind in his cabin and his quip of Two hours should straighten this out has been cut
- When Grant reveals the roll of film to Bond, his comment of What a performance has been removed
- The famous fight between Grant and Bond has been shortened
- Kleb’s death has been shorted, reducing the sight of her protracted suffering, and her death cries have been partially muted on the soundtrack
- Bond’s remark to Tania of What a performance has been cut at the very end of the film, resulting in a particularly bad jump-cut on the print, which affects the soundtrack particularly badly
For video and DVD releases the old cinema cut to Tania walking nude towards the bed has been restored
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