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The Fixer (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1968 · 132 mins · English
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Directed by
John Frankenheimer
Starring
David Warner, Ian Holm, Alan Bates, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman, Murray Melvin

They accuse, beat and condemn a humble Russian‑Jewish peasant, Yakov Bog, for the supposed ritual murder of a Gentile child in Kyiv. Set in turn‑of‑the‑century tsarist Russia, the film follows his brutal imprisonment, detailing his daily toil and growing resolve as officials repeatedly fail to break him or extract a false confession.

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