The Possessed (1988)

  • NR
  • 02/24/1988 (FR)
  • Drama, History, Thriller
  • 1h 56m

Overview

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.

Agnieszka Holland

Screenplay

Andrzej Wajda

Screenplay, Director

Edward Żebrowski

Screenplay

Jean-Claude Carrière

Screenplay

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Novel

Cast

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz's headshot

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Shatov
Isabelle Huppert's headshot

Isabelle Huppert

Maria Shatov
Omar Sharif's headshot

Omar Sharif

Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky
Lambert Wilson's headshot

Lambert Wilson

Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin
Bernard Blier's headshot

Bernard Blier

Governor
Bożena Dykiel's headshot

Bożena Dykiel

Virginska
Jutta Lampe's headshot

Jutta Lampe

Maria Lebjadkin
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu's headshot

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Lisa

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