The Fixer
Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime - the “ritual murder” of a Gentile child in Kiev. We witness the unrelenting detail of the peasant handyman's life in prison and see him gain in dignity as the efforts to humiliate him and make him confess fail.
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The Fixer
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 8, 1968
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Drama
User Score
58%
Original Title
The Fixer
Production Companies
John Frankenheimer Productions Inc., Edward Lewis Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director
John Frankenheimer
Description
Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a most unlikely crime - the “ritual murder” of a Gentile child in Kiev. We witness the unrelenting detail of the peasant handyman's life in prison and see him gain in dignity as the efforts to humiliate him and make him confess fail.
