Movie
Death and the Maiden
Overview
A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.
Details
- Release date
- 1994-05-04
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Capitol Films, Les Films de l'Astre, Flach Film, Channel Four Films
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sigourney Weaver as Paulina Escobar
- Ben Kingsley as Dr. Roberto Miranda
- Stuart Wilson as Gerardo Escobar
- Krystia Mova as Dr. Miranda's Wife
- Jonathan Vega as Dr. Miranda's Son
- Rodolphe Vega as Dr. Miranda's Son
- Gilberto Cortés as String Quartet Player
- Jorge Cruz as String Quartet Player
- Carlos Moreno as String Quartet Player
- Eduardo Valenzuela as String Quartet Player
- Sergio Ortega Alvarado as String Quartet Manager
- Karen Strassman as Elena Galvin (uncredited)
Crew
- Roman Polanski - Director
- Ariel Dorfman - Screenplay
- Rafael Yglesias - Screenplay
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