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	\| released = ~~8 December~~ 1968		\| released = {{Film date\|1968\|12\|08\|df=y}}
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	'''''The Fixer''''' is a ] ] ] ~~based~~ on ~~the~~ ] ~~semi-biographical~~ ], ~~written~~ by ]. It ~~was~~ ~~directed~~ by ] ~~and~~ ~~stars ].~~		'''''The Fixer''''' is a 1968 ] ] directed by ] and starring ], ] and ].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web \|title=The Fixer \|url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150040298 \|access-date=26 February 2024 \|website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref>

	==Plot==		== Plot ==
	The film is based on ]'s novel '']'', which in turn was inspired by the 1913 trial of ], a ] who was falsely accused of having ritually murdered a ] boy named ~~Andriy~~ ~~Yushchynsky~~, an example of the ].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Ebert \|first1=Roger \|title=The Fixer Review \|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fixer-1968 \|website=Roger Ebert \|accessdate=24 October 2018}}</ref>		The film is based on ]'s 1966 novel '']'', which in turn was inspired by the 1913 trial of ], a ] who was falsely accused of having ritually murdered a ] boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, an example of the ].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Ebert \|first1=Roger \|title=The Fixer Review \|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fixer-1968 \|website=Roger Ebert \|accessdate=24 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Reviews. The Fixer \|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fixer-1968}}</ref>

	==Cast==		==Cast==
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	* ] as Yakov Shepsovitch Bok		* ] as Yakov Shepsovitch Bok
	* ] as Boris Bibikov, ~~investigative~~ ~~magistry~~		* ] as Boris Bibikov, investigating magistrate
	* ] as Marfa Golov		* ] as Marfa Golov
	* ] as Lebedev		* ] as Lebedev
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	* ] as Warden		* ] as Warden
	* ] as Zhitnyak		* ] as Zhitnyak
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			== Critical reception ==
	==Oscar nomination==
			'']'' wrote: "Despite all the obvious effort and time that has been put into the production, it remains a protracted, and terribly dull, attempt at the 'serious' treatment of a literary subject – the kind of film in which one has to admire much of the acting simply because it is all there is to admire. ... Frankenheimer used a Hungarian crew to make ''The Fixer''. It is just a pity that one of the first really ambitious attempts at East-West co-operation should turn out so limp."<ref>{{Cite journal \|date=1 January 1969 \|title=The Fixer \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305830594 \|journal=] \|volume=36 \|issue=420 \|pages=230 \|id={{ProQuest\|1305830594}} \|via=ProQuest}}</ref>
	It was nominated for an ] for ] (Alan Bates).

	==~~Spinoza's~~ ~~quotation~~==		== Accolades ==
			Alan Bates was nominated for an ] for ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Fixer \|url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22FilmTitle%22%3A%22the%20fixer%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%222-Film%20Title-Alpha%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D \|access-date=26 February 2024 \|website=Academy Awards}}</ref>
	The film includes the quotation of a sentence by ]:

		⚫	==References==
	{{quote\|''All these questions fall within a man's natural right which he cannot abdicate even with his own consent.'': '']'', chapter XX.<ref></ref>}}
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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	* {{IMDb title\|0062977\|The Fixer}}		* {{IMDb title\|0062977\|The Fixer}}
	* {{Rotten Tomatoes\|1045826_fixer}}		* {{Rotten Tomatoes\|1045826_fixer}}

⚫	==References==
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	{{John Frankenheimer}}		{{John Frankenheimer}}
			{{Dalton Trumbo}}

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1968 British drama film by John Frankenheimer

The Fixer

Directed by	John Frankenheimer
Screenplay by	Dalton Trumbo
Based on	The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
Produced by	Edward Lewis Productions; John Frankenheimer Productions
Starring	Alan Bates Dirk Bogarde Georgia Brown
Cinematography	Marcel Grignon
Edited by	Henry Berman
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	8 December 1968 (1968-12-08)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Fixer is a 1968 British drama film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde and Georgia Brown.

Plot

The film is based on Bernard Malamud's 1966 novel The Fixer, which in turn was inspired by the 1913 trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Russian Jew who was falsely accused of having ritually murdered a Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, an example of the Blood Libel.

Cast

Alan Bates as Yakov Shepsovitch Bok
Dirk Bogarde as Boris Bibikov, investigating magistrate
Georgia Brown as Marfa Golov
Hugh Griffith as Lebedev
Elizabeth Hartman as Zinaida
Ian Holm as I. N. Grubeshov
David Opatoshu as Latke
David Warner as Count Odoevsky
Carol White as Raisl Bok
George Murcell as Deputy Warden
Murray Melvin as Priest
Peter Jeffrey as Berezhinsky
Michael Goodliffe as Julius Ostrovsky
Thomas Heathcote as Proshko
Mike Pratt as Father Anastasy
Stanley Meadows as Gronfein
Francis de Wolff as Warden
David Lodge as Zhitnyak

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite all the obvious effort and time that has been put into the production, it remains a protracted, and terribly dull, attempt at the 'serious' treatment of a literary subject – the kind of film in which one has to admire much of the acting simply because it is all there is to admire. ... Frankenheimer used a Hungarian crew to make The Fixer. It is just a pity that one of the first really ambitious attempts at East-West co-operation should turn out so limp."

Accolades

Alan Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

References

"The Fixer". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
Ebert, Roger. "The Fixer Review". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
"Reviews. The Fixer".
"The Fixer". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 36 (420): 230. 1 January 1969. ProQuest 1305830594 – via ProQuest.
"The Fixer". Academy Awards. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

External links

The Fixer at IMDb
The Fixer at Rotten Tomatoes

v t e Works directed by John Frankenheimer
Feature films	The Young Stranger (1957) The Young Savages (1961) All Fall Down (1962) Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Seven Days in May (1964) The Train (1964) Seconds (1966) Grand Prix (1966) The Fixer (1968) The Extraordinary Seaman (1969) The Gypsy Moths (1969) I Walk the Line (1970) The Horsemen (1971) The Iceman Cometh (1973) Impossible Object (1973) 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) French Connection II (1975) Black Sunday (1977) Prophecy (1979) The Challenge (1982) The Holcroft Covenant (1985) 52 Pick-Up (1986) Dead Bang (1989) The Fourth War (1990) Year of the Gun (1991) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) Ronin (1998) Reindeer Games (2000)
Television	Portrait in Celluloid (1955) Forbidden Area (1956) The Troublemakers (1957) The Thundering Wave (1957) The Last Tycoon (1957) The Violent Heart (1958) Rumors of Evening (1958) Bomber's Moon (1958) A Town Has Turned to Dust (1958) For Whom the Bell Tolls (1959) The Turn of the Screw (1959) Against the Wall (1994) The Burning Season (1994) Andersonville (1996) George Wallace (1997) Path to War (2002)

Works directed by John Frankenheimer

Feature films

The Young Stranger (1957)
The Young Savages (1961)
All Fall Down (1962)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Seven Days in May (1964)
The Train (1964)
Seconds (1966)
Grand Prix (1966)
The Fixer (1968)
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
I Walk the Line (1970)
The Horsemen (1971)
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
Impossible Object (1973)
99 and 44/100% Dead (1974)
French Connection II (1975)
Black Sunday (1977)
Prophecy (1979)
The Challenge (1982)
The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Dead Bang (1989)
The Fourth War (1990)
Year of the Gun (1991)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
Ronin (1998)
Reindeer Games (2000)

Television

v t e Dalton Trumbo
Screenplays	Road Gang (1936) Love Begins at 20 (1936) Devil's Playground (1937) Fugitives for a Night (1938) A Man to Remember (1938) Five Came Back (1939) Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) The Flying Irishman (1939) Curtain Call (1940) A Bill of Divorcement (1940) Kitty Foyle (1940) The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940) We Who Are Young (1940) You Belong to Me (1941) The Remarkable Andrew (1942) Tender Comrade (1944) A Guy Named Joe (1944) Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) Gun Crazy (1950) He Ran All the Way (1951) Rocketship X-M (1951) The Prowler (1951) Roman Holiday (1953) Carnival Story (1954) They Were So Young (1954) The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) The Boss (1956) The Brave One (1956) The Deerslayer (1957) The Green-Eyed Blonde (1957) From the Earth to the Moon (1958) Cowboy (1958) Spartacus (1960) Exodus (1960) The Last Sunset (1961) Town Without Pity (1961) Lonely Are the Brave (1962) The Sandpiper (1965) Hawaii (1966) The Fixer (1968) The Horsemen (1971) F.T.A. (1972) Executive Action (1973) Papillon (1973) Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978)
Screenplay/Directed	Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Novels	Eclipse (1935) Johnny Got His Gun (1939) Night of the Aurochs (1979)
Adaptations	Roman Holiday (1987)
Portrayals	The Hollywood Ten (1950 documentary) Hollywood on Trial (1976 documentary) Trumbo (2007 documentary) Trumbo (2015 film)
Related	Christopher Trumbo (son) Hollywood blacklist Cortes (unproduced miniseries, based on Trumbo's screenplay Montezuma)

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