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