Citizen X

Citizen X
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Genre	Biography Crime Drama
Based on	The Killer Department by Robert Cullen
Screenplay by	Chris Gerolmo
Directed by	Chris Gerolmo
Starring	Stephen Rea Donald Sutherland Max von Sydow Jeffrey DeMunn Joss Ackland John Wood Ion Caramitru Imelda Staunton
Music by	Randy Edelman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Laura Bickford Matthew Chapman David R. Ginsburg
Producer	Timothy Marx
Cinematography	Robert Fraisse
Editor	William Goldenberg
Running time	105 minutes
Production companies	HBO Pictures Citadel Entertainment
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	February 25, 1995 (1995-02-25)
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Citizen X is a 1995^[1] American television film which covers the efforts of detectives in the Soviet Union to capture an unknown serial killer of women and children in the 1980s, and the bureaucratic obstacles they encounter. The film is based upon the true story of Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who was convicted in 1992 of the murder of 52 women and children committed between 1978 and 1990. It stars Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, and Max Von Sydow. The film is based on Robert Cullen's non-fiction book The Killer Department, published in 1993.