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| producer = Edward Lewis | producer = Edward Lewis Productions; John Frankenheimer Productions
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| music = ] | music = ]
| cinematography = Marcel Grignon | cinematography = Marcel Grignon
| editing = Henry Berman | editing = Henry Berman
| distributor = ] | distributor = ]
| released = 8 December 1968 | released = {{Film date|1968|12|08|df=y}}
| runtime = 132 minutes | runtime = 132 minutes
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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 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> 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==
{{cast listing|
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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==
⚫ {{reflist}}


{{John Frankenheimer}} {{John Frankenheimer}}
{{Dalton Trumbo}}


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1968 British drama film by John Frankenheimer

The Fixer
Directed byJohn Frankenheimer
Screenplay byDalton Trumbo
Based onThe Fixer
by Bernard Malamud
Produced byEdward Lewis Productions; John Frankenheimer Productions
Starring
CinematographyMarcel Grignon
Edited byHenry Berman
Music byMaurice Jarre
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 8 December 1968 (1968-12-08)
Running time132 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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

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

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