Citizen X

7.2

United States Of America

Crime Drama

105 min

1995

Zoltán Gera Dénes Ujlaky Balázs Tardy Tibor Szervét Székely B. Miklós Mihály Szabados Tusse Silberg Tamás Puskás Ralph Nossek Ferenc Lengyel Attila Király István Hunyadkürthy Czeslaw Grocholski Stephen Rea Balázs Galkó Murray Ewan Imre Csuja Ion Caramitru Géza Balkay András Bálint Imelda Staunton John Wood Joss Ackland Jeffrey DeMunn Max von Sydow Donald Sutherland

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.