Russia, 1870. A group of young anarchist revolutionaries set out to overthrow the Czarist regime through violence. Their attacks create a climate of psychosis and mutual distrust among the population, but in reality, both revolutionaries and repressors are being manipulated by a diabolical individual.
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Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Shatov
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Omar Sharif
Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
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Bernard Blier
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Lambert Wilson
Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin
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Isabelle Huppert
Maria Shatov
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Bożena Dykiel
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Maria Lebjadkin
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Peter Verchovenskij
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Laurent Malet
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Philippe Chambon
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Andrzej Wajda Director · Agnieszka Holland Screenplay Jean-Claude Carrière Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
Jean-Claude Carrière
Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Composer
Zygmunt Konieczny
Cinematographer
Witold Adamek
Editor
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Production designer
Allan Starski
Costume designer
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Costume designer
Jolanta Jackowska
First release February 24, 1988 · Produced in France · Production Gaumont Production, Films A2
Production
Gaumont
Production · Studio
Gaumont Production
Production
Films A2
Production
Les Films du Losange
Production
CNC
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Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
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France
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Original title
Les Possédés
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 24, 1988
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No release date listed for United States.
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