Durante gli anni '80 del 1900, le autorità sovietiche si mettono alla ricerca di un serial killer che prende le sue vittime in stazioni ferroviarie e fermate dei treni e le porta nei boschi.Durante gli anni '80 del 1900, le autorità sovietiche si mettono alla ricerca di un serial killer che prende le sue vittime in stazioni ferroviarie e fermate dei treni e le porta nei boschi.Durante gli anni '80 del 1900, le autorità sovietiche si mettono alla ricerca di un serial killer che prende le sue vittime in stazioni ferroviarie e fermate dei treni e le porta nei boschi.
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- QuizThe characters of Fetisov and Burakov were both real people who investigated the actual Chikatilo killings, yet their ranks and positions were changed in the movie. Historically, Major Mikhail Fetisov was sent from Moscow in order to investigate the killings (in the film he is already in Rostov as a Colonel heading the militia) while Victor Burakov was a civilian forensic expert (in the film he is a Police Lieutenant) assigned by Fetisov to head the investigation. There was no Central Committee comprised of Communist Party and KGB men above the two (this was a plot device created for the film to show Soviet bureaucratic methods) and the main reason why the case took so long was that the investigators interviewed over 150,000 people trying to narrow down who the killer could be. The mistaken release of Chikatilo, and the botched blood-semen test, was accurate as it occurred in the investigation.
- BlooperThe film spans 12 years, yet Lt. Viktor Burakov's children don't age.
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Bukhanovsky: [to Burakov and Fetisov] Together you make a wonderful person.
- Curiosità sui creditiEpilogue: "The mistake in blood and semen analysis that allowed Andrei Chikatilo to be released in 1984 has never been adequately explained. Soviet Russia's head forensics expert has since asserted that she had discovered a rare new phenomenon--a man with a blood type of one kind, and a semen type of another. Her colleagues around the world scoff at the idea. Chikatilo led detectives to the graves of three undiscovered victims, proving conclusively that he was their murderer, and bringing the final body count to 52 dead. Thirty-five of the victims were children under the age of 17. Andrei Chikatilo was convicted of all 52 murders."
- Versioni alternativeThe 1995 UK video release was cut by 37 secs by the BBFC to reduce stabbings during the murder scenes.
Recensione in evidenza
In Russian the bodies of children begin to get uncovered to reveal what appears to be a Russian serial killer. Due to the nature of the case it is given to a young forensics expert who will be blamed should the case fail. Over 8 years Burakov hunts the killer using methods that are seen as unusual at best and fighting with the internal politics that surround him. This is based on a true story.
HBO TV movies are often a mixed bunch but I had heard good things about this. The story is immediately engaging as young faces are uncovered beneath shallow soil graves to horrible effect. The fact that it at heart, a true story makes it all the more compelling. The story mixes not only the hunt for this man but also the effect on the perserving Burakov. We see his desperation and the pressure he is under to catch the killer, in particular the political forces who do little to help him in his job. The focus on Burakov makes it more interesting as the human side is well done.
The facts of the case make the man hunt less interesting however the political action is interesting. For example members of the communist party were not looked at and homosexuals in particular were targeted often as a fall back method. It's one of the best repeated shots in the film where Burakov has to several time accompay a group of men to kick in doors and arrest homosexuals he simply stays outside with a resigned look on his face.
Rea is excellent as Burakov and brings the man to life I'm not sure how true to fact his portrayal is, but you get the impression of a man pushed to his limits by all around him. Sutherland is also very good for different reasons he has the same passion but it is beneath a smooth political operator. Ackland is good but is really only there to make noise. Von Sydow is good despite his short screen time.
Overall this uses human interest to drive the film, rather than gore or violence. This is well made and manages to be interesting and involving despite not being flashy.
HBO TV movies are often a mixed bunch but I had heard good things about this. The story is immediately engaging as young faces are uncovered beneath shallow soil graves to horrible effect. The fact that it at heart, a true story makes it all the more compelling. The story mixes not only the hunt for this man but also the effect on the perserving Burakov. We see his desperation and the pressure he is under to catch the killer, in particular the political forces who do little to help him in his job. The focus on Burakov makes it more interesting as the human side is well done.
The facts of the case make the man hunt less interesting however the political action is interesting. For example members of the communist party were not looked at and homosexuals in particular were targeted often as a fall back method. It's one of the best repeated shots in the film where Burakov has to several time accompay a group of men to kick in doors and arrest homosexuals he simply stays outside with a resigned look on his face.
Rea is excellent as Burakov and brings the man to life I'm not sure how true to fact his portrayal is, but you get the impression of a man pushed to his limits by all around him. Sutherland is also very good for different reasons he has the same passion but it is beneath a smooth political operator. Ackland is good but is really only there to make noise. Von Sydow is good despite his short screen time.
Overall this uses human interest to drive the film, rather than gore or violence. This is well made and manages to be interesting and involving despite not being flashy.
- bob the moo
- 27 mag 2002
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