Gorky Park (1983)
Directed by Michael Apted / Hawk Koch
Genres - Drama, Mystery, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film, Police Detective Film |
Release Date - Dec 15, 1983 (USA) |
Run Time - 128 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
In the dead of a Moscow winter, three bodies are found in Gorky Park. Police Inspector Renko (William Hurt) is unable to identify the corpses, since even their fingerprints have removed. For reasons unknown to him, Renko's investigation is somehow being stymied by his higher-ups. Ferreting out information on his own, Renko makes the acquaintance of Soviet dissident Irina (Joanna Pacula), a friend of one of the victims, and Lee Marvin as Armand Hammer-style American businessman. As in Martin Cruz Smith's novel, the identity of the killer is not as well hidden as the reasons behind the killing. "Glasnost" had not yet taken effect in 1983, thus Gorky Park was filmed in Finland rather than Russia.
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Keywords
corruption, dissident, investigation, murder, police-inspector, Russia, Russian [nationality], Soviet, Soviet-Union, corpse
Attributes
High Production Values