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When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".


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.

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Shatov

Isabelle Huppert
Maria Shatov

Omar Sharif
Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky

Lambert Wilson
Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin

Bernard Blier
Governor

Bożena Dykiel
Virginska

Jutta Lampe
Maria Lebjadkin

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Lisa

Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Peter Verchovenskij

Laurent Malet
Kirillov
The Possessed is a drama, history, thriller film released in 1988. Directed by Andrzej Wajda, it stars Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Isabelle Huppert, Omar Sharif. 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.
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