The Possessed
Les Possédés
Release: 1988-02-24
·Runtime: 116m
·★ 5.3
Drama
History
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Gaumont
Gaumont Production
Films A2
Les Films du Losange
CNC
Cast
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
as Peter Verchovenskij
Paweł Szczesny
as Activist
Omar Sharif
as Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
Laurent Malet
as Kirillov
Eugeniusz Kamiński
as Worker
Witold Skaruch
as Governor's Secretary
Grzegorz Wons
as Activist
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
as Shatov
Bernard Blier
as Governor
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
as Lisa
Bogusz Bilewski
as Police Chief
Stanisław Górka
as Activist
Helena Kowalczykowa
as Servant
Krzysztof Kumor
as Aide de Camp
Tadeusz Łomnicki
as Captain
Piotr Machalica
as Maurice
Jarosław Kopaczewski
as Worker
Tadeusz Włudarski
as Coachman
Ryszard Jabłoński
as Worker
Józef Kalita
as Worker
Jean-Quentin Châtelain
as Virguinski
Lambert Wilson
as Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin
Bożena Dykiel
as Virginska
Jutta Lampe
as Maria Lebjadkin
Wladimir Yordanoff
as Lebjadkin
Isabelle Huppert
as Maria Shatov
Zbigniew Zamachowski
as Liamchine
Wojciech Zagórski
as Monk
Rémi Martin
as Erkel
Crew
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Costume Design
Jean-Claude Carrière
Screenplay
Edward Żebrowski
Screenplay
Witold Adamek
Director of Photography
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay, Director
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Allan Starski
Production Design
Zygmunt Konieczny
Original Music Composer
Margaret Ménégoz
Producer
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor