The attractive leading lady in From Russia with Love (1963), Tatiana Romanova, is portrayed by Italian actress Daniela Bianchi. Tatiana is a Corporal of State Security working in the Cryptograph Section at the Russian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Tatiana Romanova is summoned by SPECTRE No. 3, Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), and given orders for a crucial assignment. The purpose of the mission will be to provide the enemy with false information.
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Tatiana, who believes Klebb is head of operations for Soviet Intelligence, is forced to accept the assignment or else she will be killed. If Tatiana is able to carry out the job as planned by SPECTRE No. 5, Kronsteen (Vladek Sheybal), she will be promoted.
During the meeting Klebb gives Tatiana a photograph of James Bond (Sean Connery) and asks if she could fall in love with such a man. Tatiana says it may be possible if the man is kind and cultured. Klebb reminds her that she is privileged to be chosen "for such a simple, delightful duty."
Rosa Klebb has chosen Tatiana Romanova for the assignment as she believes Tatiana is proficient, obliging and devoted to Russia. In addition, Klebb deems it highly unlikely that Tatiana would know she has defected to SPECTRE.
Tatiana sets the plan in motion by contacting Kerim Bey (Pedro Armendáriz), head of Station T in Turkey. She informs him of her plans to defect with a Lektor decoder if James Bond will accompany her to England with the device.
After secretly entering Bond's Istanbul hotel room, Tatiana hops into his bed and gives Agent 007 a surprise meeting. The pair spend the night together unaware they are being filmed by SPECTRE.
The following day they travel to Istanbul's Hagia Sophia museum to obtain a map of the Soviet Consulate from a contact. They then take a trip on a passenger vessel on the Bosphorus where Tatiana gives explicit details to Bond regarding the Lektor. 007 and Kerim manage to steal the precious decoder and escape with Tatiana Romanova on the Orient Express destined for Paris.
When Kerim Bey is killed aboard the train Bond assumes Tatiana must know the reason. Tatiana pleads her ignorance, but still does not tell 007 about her orders from Rosa Klebb. During dinner Tatiana is drugged by SPECTRE assassin Donald Grant (Robert Shaw) and later falls into a deep sleep in her cabin. Bond manages to kill Grant and then wakes Tatiana before the pair flee the train to a waiting pickup truck meant for Grant.
They drive the truck to a waiting speedboat on the Dalmatian Coast and set off for Venice, Italy. On the way they are attacked by three SPECTRE boats. They escape the situation by rolling their spare fuel drums into the water and setting the enemy boats on fire. Upon reaching Venice they are seen relaxing on the veranda of their hotel room. Suddenly Klebb enters the room impersonating a maid and startles Tatiana. Klebb raises her gun at Bond forcing Tatiana to determine her true allegiance: Russia or England.
Tatiana takes evasive action and knocks the gun from Klebb's hands. In a violent tussle Klebb tries to kill 007 with her boot that contains a retractable blade covered with deadly venom. However, Tatiana cleverly shoots Klebb saving Bond's life. After the fracas, Tatiana tells Bond that Klebb was a horrible woman to which Bond states, "she had her kicks." In the final scene the pair is seen taking a romantic trip in a gondola along a Venice canal.
Tatiana Romanova: The Beautiful Girl in From Russia With Love ROM BEDS
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