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Overview
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Release Date:
25 February 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
You don't want to know what he does... You just want to know when he's caught. more
Plot:
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people...
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 8 wins
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11 nominations
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Superb film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Stephen Rea | ... | Lt. Viktor Burakov | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Col. Mikhail Fetisov | |
| Max von Sydow | ... | Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Andrei Chikatilo | |
| Joss Ackland | ... | Bondarchuk | |
| John Wood | ... | Gorbunov | |
| Radu Amzulescu | ... | Federenko | |
| Imelda Staunton | ... | Mrs. Burakova | |
| András Bálint | ... | Ignatiev | |
| Géza Balkay | ... | Procurator | |
| László Váradi Balogh | ... | Peasant | |
| Zsolt Biro | ... | Older Gay Man | |
| Ion Caramitru | ... | Tatevsky | |
| Balázs Csapo | ... | Gayy Partner | |
| Imre Csuja | ... | Front Detective |
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Rated R for strong, graphic violence and related language.
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105 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Certification:
Sweden:15 |
Netherlands:16 |
South Korea:18 |
UK:18 (video premiere) (cut) |
Spain:18 |
USA:R |
Norway:18 (video premiere)
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Miscellaneous: Near the beginning of the film, Burakov, a forensic scientist, is peering through a microscope. The mirror for reflecting light is under his chest, blocking the light. The microscope is always used with the mirror away from the body, so light reflected from the mirror can illuminate the specimen from underneath.
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Fetisov:
I have here...
Bondarchuk: I don't care what you have there!
Fetisov: Information...
Bondarchuk: Who cares!
Fetisov: About the nineteen year old boy you maintain in the town of Shakti! And the apartment you have arranged for him... and the gifts that you have given him... and the dates of your last three overnight visits. If you attempt to fire Lieutenant Burakov... now, or at any time... I will send all this to your wife.
Bondarchuk: I recommended you for this position.
Fetisov: I will always be indebted to you.
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Bondarchuk: I don't care what you have there!
Fetisov: Information...
Bondarchuk: Who cares!
Fetisov: About the nineteen year old boy you maintain in the town of Shakti! And the apartment you have arranged for him... and the gifts that you have given him... and the dates of your last three overnight visits. If you attempt to fire Lieutenant Burakov... now, or at any time... I will send all this to your wife.
Bondarchuk: I recommended you for this position.
Fetisov: I will always be indebted to you.
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Featured in "Cinemania: Oi pio diavoitoi dolofonoi: Alithines istories!" (2009)
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There are some excellent comments and observations on this film. I was pleased to note the comparisons to Fritz Lang's "M" (forget the 50's abortive remake with lightweight David Wayne). The real villain is not the tortured murderer (extraordinarily fine performance by Jeffery DeMunn), taking out his sexually frustrated anger on his victims-- mostly children. He is the objective. The real villain is the stifling bureaucratic Soviet system, drowning in its own corrupted incompetence. The frustration of an uncompromisingly dedicated man (Rea in his best role since "The Crying Game"), a facile pragmatist who's willing to use the system to his advantage (Sutherland always successful in this kind of role), a hesitant, frightened but determined psychiatrist (the incomparable Max Sydow), the bumbling, boopous bureaucrat of a prosecutor (brilliant Brit actor John Wood) and the quiet, supporting wife of the driven investigator (delightful supporter, Imelda Staunton). This is one damn fine film. Its darkness and bleakness are supported by the portrayal of a corrupt, incompetent system which works against success. The is no need to dip into gore-laden slice 'n dice sensationalism that has characterized so many recent films. Gore is present-- it's a ghastly story-- but it adds to the depicting of a pathologically twisted human being. The success of the story is precisely that: these were acts perpetrated by a person, a human like you or I. Where you and I choose to vent our frustration by reasonable means, Chikatilo took his anger out on the most innocent and vulnerable of us, our children. The superb premise of this story is made manifest by an equally superb cast of excellent actors. --sadly, I note that our Australian friend didn't like the speech and no doubt would have preferred to hear them speaking in Aussie dialect. Well, too bad. This fine film sure worked for me and everyone else I've talked with who has seen it.