- HD 1080
- Runtime: 105m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Chris Gerolmo
- Stars: Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jeffrey DeMunn, Joss Ackland
- keywords: bureaucracy, homophobia, homicide, detective, soviet union, impotence, investigation, based on true story, serial killer, corpse, sadist, series of murders, surveillance, mental illness, shallow grave, communism, 1980s
- Production_studio: HBO, Asylum Films, Citadel Entertainment
- Slogan: You don't want to know what he does... You just want to know when he's caught.
- providers: Max, Max Amazon Channel
- The Citizen X is featured in the top rankings of 1995
- #40 in Top Drama Movies of 1995
- #10 in Top Crime Movies of 1995
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
