The Fixer

– 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
The Fixer (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:
Producing Country:
UK
Filming Locations:
Genre:

The Fixer (1968) - Trailer

Release Date:

01 Oct 1969

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
M

Director:

John Frankenheimer

Writer:

Bernard Malamud (novel), Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith

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:

MGM

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%