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The Fixer
The Fixer is a 1968 British drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Elizabeth Hartman, David Warner and Georgia Brown. It was written by Dalton Trumbo based on Bernard Malamud's 1966 novel The Fixer, which was inspired by the 1913 trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis.
Plot
In Kiev, Russian Jewish handyman Yakov Bok is falsely accused and imprisoned for the ritual murder of a Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, an example of the Blood Libel.
More details
| author | Dalton Trumbo |
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| contentLocation | Ukraine |
| director | John Frankenheimer |
| editor | Henry Berman |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | blood libel blood libel against jews falsely accused kiev russia ritual murder russian jew ukrainian |
| musicBy | Maurice Jarre |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor |
| producer | Edward Lewis Productions; John Frankenheimer Productions |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | biographical prison |