The Fixer

Name: The Fixer
Genre: Drama
Released: 1969-10-01
Duration: 2 h 12 min
Rating: 6.90
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Hugh Griffith, Georgia Brown, Alan Bates

– Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish p..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.90 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 12 Minutes

Release Year:

1968

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.

Story Timeline:

1910s

Producing Country:

Filming Locations:

Russia

Genre:

Drama

The Fixer (1968) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Oct 1969

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

Directed by:

John Frankenheimer

Story Written By:

Bernard Malamud, Dalton Trumbo

Main Actors:

Dirk Bogarde, Hugh Griffith, Georgia Brown, Alan Bates

Plot:

Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bok 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.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 nominations.

Production Company:

MGM

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

57%