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    Gorky Park (1983)

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    Arkady Renko (William Hurt), Chief Investigator of the Moscow Militia, stumbles upon three frozen corpses in Gorky Park one icy winter night. It’s his job to identify the victims but their faces have been carved from their heads, their fingertips sliced off and their teeth blown to smithereens with a shotgun. Identification is impossible, but Arkady is determined to unearth a solution.

    One possible clue is the skates the female corpse is wearing. Inscribed on the blades is the name of Irina Asanova, but when Arkady tracks her down he discovers she is still alive, a former Siberian dissident now working in a menial capacity for Mosfilm. Irina (Joanna Pacula) claims her skates were stolen.

    But her acquaintance with the American businessman Jack Osborne (Lee Marvin) – a dealer in sable furs – intrigues Arkady.

    Decapitating two of the corpses, Arkady persuades Professor Andreev (Ian McDiarmid), an anthropologist at the Institute of Ethnology, to reconstruct their facial likeness from the remaining tissue and skull. Andreev does this, revealing the identity of two of the corpses. More interesting still, Arkady discovers that both were acquainted with Osborne.

    “I met Stalin once, too,” Osborne defends himself, “does that mean I conspired to have him killed as well?”. But Arkady is convinced of Osborne’s guilt and sets about uncovering a nest of vipers that incriminates even the highest KGB officials.

    The cast also includes Brian Dennehy, Ian Bannen, Michael Elphick, Richard Griffiths, Alexei Sayle and Alexander Knox.

    Gorky Park is a first-rate adult thriller, with quality and intelligence rarely witnessed. Michael Apted and his crew shot the film in Helsinki, Finland, and yet the film boasts an authenticity that defies contradiction.

    Arkady Renko
    William Hurt
    Jack Osborne
    Lee Marvin
    William Kirwill
    Brian Dennehy
    Iamskoy
    Ian Bannen
    Irina Asanova
    Joanna Pacula
    Pasha
    Michael Elphick
    Anton
    Richard Griffiths
    Pribluda
    Rikki Fulton
    General
    Alexander Knox
    Golodkin
    Alexei Sayle
    Professor Andreev
    Ian McDiarmid
    KGB Agent Rurik
    Niall O’Brien
    Levin
    Henry Woolf
    Natasha
    Tusse Silberg
    Fet
    Patrick Field
    James Kirwill
    Juuso Hirvikangas
    Valerya Davidova
    Marjatta Nissinen
    Kostia Borodin
    Heikki Leppänen
    Director 
    Lauri Törhönen
    Babushka 
    Elsa Salamas
    KGB Agent Nicky
    Anatoli Davydov

    Director
    Michael Apted

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