The Fixer (1968 film)
The Fixer is a 1968 British drama film based on the 1966 semi-biographical novel of the same name, written by Bernard Malamud.[1] It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Alan Bates.
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| Directed by | John Frankenheimer |
| Screenplay by | Dalton Trumbo |
| Based on | The Fixer by Bernard Malamud |
| Produced by | Edward Lewis Productions; John Frankenheimer Productions |
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| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Edited by | Henry Berman |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
The film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel The Fixer, which in turn was inspired by the 1913 trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Russian Jew who was falsely accused of having ritually murdered a Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, an example of the Blood Libel.[2][3]
Cast
- Alan Bates as Yakov Shepsovitch Bok
- Dirk Bogarde as Boris Bibikov, investigating magistrate
- Georgia Brown as Marfa Golov
- Hugh Griffith as Lebedev
- Elizabeth Hartman as Zinaida
- Ian Holm as I. N. Grubeshov
- David Opatoshu as Latke
- David Warner as Count Odoevsky
- Carol White as Raisl Bok
- George Murcell as Deputy Warden
- Murray Melvin as Priest
- Peter Jeffrey as Berezhinsky
- Michael Goodliffe as Julius Ostrovsky
- Thomas Heathcote as Proshko
- Mike Pratt as Father Anastasy
- Stanley Meadows as Gronfein
- Francis de Wolff as Warden
- David Lodge as Zhitnyak
Oscar nomination
Alan Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
External links
References
- "The Fixer". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- Ebert, Roger. "The Fixer Review". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- "Reviews. The Fixer".
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