Mute Witness
“She won't be silenced.”
When a mute makeup/special effects artist working on a low-budget slasher film gets locked in a dilapidated Moscow movie studio late one night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film. Thus begins a night of terror.
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Cast
17 people
Marina Zudina
Billy Hughes
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Fay Ripley
Karen Hughes
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Cold Feet
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Evan Richards
Andy Clarke
Known for
Society
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Igor Volkov
Arkadi
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Inspector Losev
Tango Over the Abyss
Sergei Karlenkov
Lyosha
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Tragedy, Rock Style
Nautilus
Alec Guinness
The Reaper (credited as Mystery Guest Star)
Known for
Star Wars
Lawrence of Arabia
Aleksandr Pyatkov
Wartschuk
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Dersu Uzala
The Twelve Chairs
Nikolai Pastukhov
Janitor
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At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano
Aleksandr Bureyev
Strohbecker
Known for
Prisoner of the Mountains
Yuriy Sherstnyov
Angry Neighbour
Known for
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Zerograd
Denis Karasyov
Fake Policeman
Known for
We Are from the Future 2
Bastards
Olga Tolstetskaya
Actress
Also in
Горячев и другие
Человек без пистолета
Anthony Waller Director · Wilbert Hirsch Composer Egon Werdin Cinematographer
United States release September 15, 1995 · Produced in Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States · Languages English, Russian
Production
Avrora Media
Production
Cobblestone Pictures
Production
Patmos Film
Production
Comet Film
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio · Production
Comet Film Produktion GmbH
Production
Germany · Russia · United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United States · January 28, 1995
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · September 15, 1995
Theatrical
Germany · September 28, 1995
Theatrical
Australia
December 21, 1995 · Theatrical
Canada
September 10, 1995 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
May 1, 1995 · Premiere · Cannes International Critics' Week
Netherlands
April 22, 1996 · Premiere · Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
South Korea
July 5, 2024 · Premiere · Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
July 1, 2025 · Digital
Spain
October 30, 1995 · Theatrical
Ukraine
October 21, 1995 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 19, 1996 · Theatrical
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