Citizen X (1995)

Directed by

Chris Gerolmo

Genre

drama film, documentary film, docudrama, crime film, biographical film, mystery fiction

Country

Hungary, United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 393 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Soviet detectives in the 1980s try to catch a serial killer of women and children but face bureaucratic obstacles from their own government. The story follows their frustrating investigation over many years.

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What happens

Citizen X is a 1995 American television film which covers the efforts of detectives in the Soviet Union to capture an unknown serial killer of women and children in the 1980s, and the bureaucratic obstacles they encounter. The film is based upon the true story of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who was convicted in 1992 of the murder of 52 women and children committed between 1978 and 1990. It stars Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, and Max Von Sydow. The film is based on Robert Cullen's non-fiction book The Killer Department, published in 1993. The film premiered on HBO on February 25, 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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