Citizen X (1995) Movie Script
CITIZEN X
Fresh meat. Straight from the farm.
Fresh? This body is a year old.
It's a sort of a joke,
your predecessor would have got it.
Yes, I understand that he was funny.
Lazy, but funny.
You said something about a farm.
Collective farm number 5.
The big field right next to ...
The girl died in the woods?
I am Sorry, Were you about to say
right next to the woods?
Did you look through them?
No
Now, better go back and look through them.
For what?
For something that I can use to identify her.
Glasses, cigarettes, whatever.
If there Had been anything,
I would had brought it here
You think we're all lazy?
Go back and search the woods.
It's after five.
I don't care what time it is,
take an extra man, tell Sasha
it's on my authority, comb the area,
look under every leaf and every tree.
I get the idea.
Heartless, Son of a bitch,
what is he trying to prove?
Dear Comrade. He's new.
Doctor Mirtjinskij? It's your turn,
The body is ready for an autopsy.
No, there's no question of how the little girl
was killed. Violent blow to the back ...
Shouldn't you do an autopsy all the same??
Comrade ...
Do you help me get this job done, so
I can do your job too? Comrade Burakov ...
What is it?
They are coming in with something for you, they want you to wait.
Tell them that tomorrow is fine. I can't
deal with it now, it's after nine..
Who cares what time it is!
Have a nice evening ...
Violent blow to the back of the skull.
Multiple stab wounds to the face.
On the second body, as many as
and emptying
of the eye sockets.
and a broken sternum.
disfigurement to the breasts.
along with traces of semen.
On the sixth victim's penis has been removed
approximately 2.3 cm. above the junction,
with some additional disfigurement of the genital area.
Some additional disfigurement ...
Some additional disfigurement ...
Some additional disfigurement of
the nature of which suggest ...
not so much as a sharp instrument
as teeth ...
Yesterday the men of the
Rostov militia
unearthed eight bodies in
different stages of decomposition
And you brought the odours of the grave and
rumors as evidence. How clever.
I assume that the time you devoted to their
examination is the time you couldn't
spare to get cleaned up.
Next time a little less diligence
and a little more hygiene.
In the files
of my predecessor
I found records of
seven other bodies.
If you do not mind Comrade,
I would like to start
by introducing to the members of the committee.
General Ivanov, Head of the KGB, in Rostov.
Comrade Dunenkov, Comrade Tatevsky,
our Mayor, Comrade Ignatiev ...
and of course Comrade Bondarchuk,
Secretary of Ideology of
the Communist Party.
I'm Colonel Fetisov,
I am in charge of the militia,
whose officers efforts
have a small part.
I am also Secretary of this committee.
Gentlemen, this is Comrade Burakov ...
He is our new forensic expert.
They are a breed of men who work in
basements with chemistry sets.
We could hardly blame them for looking little
startled when they come out into the light.
Comrade, Please begin.
It's clear that we have a
serial killer, on our hands
already the most prolific in Russian history.
We will have to take extreme
measures to stop him.
Is he saying a "Serial Killer"?
We understood that there were wide
discrepancies in the wounds inflicted.
That's what he told us, Colonel.
And their were both boys and girls.
It could be two different men
It could be a gang.
There are no serial killers in the Soviet state.
Well that sounds more like we
should think of it then ...
It is a decadent Western phenomenon.
Gentlemen, that's all we have for now.
Thank you for taking time
out of your busy schedules.
I will keep you informed of any
new developments.
Welcome to the Halls of Power.
My God, No wonder nothing would stand.
- In this case it will.
Why?
- Because you will be in charge.
What?
You'll be in charge of the case.
Infact of the entire department ...
because technically
we do not have one, yet.
We have a division for the
most serious crimes ...
and we put you in charge of the
"Killer Department"
The "Killer Department"
But I am not even a detective,
I am a Forensic man.
You always wanted to be a detective?
Yes ..
- Well, Then you're in charge.
Start by making lists of the man power and
logistical support you think that you may require.
And then outline a general approach
to begin an investigation.
Report back to me tomorrow.
Good day.
Is there something else?
- Forgive me, but we reached the top ...
regional apartment list for
forsenics, my wife and two kids,
we are qualified for
the two bedroom ...
We have been waitng for seven years.
If I take a new job would I
lose my seniority?
I personally guarantee, that
you'll get the next two bedroom apartment
when it becomes available in Rostov.
All right? Now go home and tell
your wife about your new promotion.
Yes, Sir.
Next, a special report
on crime ...
deadly combination of heroin
addictions and street crimes ...
is ravaging American cities
as even their own Time magazine ...
Okay, let's hear it.
Listen to what?
If this job is so great,
why are you so upset about it?
I am supposed to keep it a secret.
I would not tell a soul.
For God's sake, you're treading dirt
all over the place ...
- I am Sorry
What the hell have you been doing?
They made me move some
filthy boxes in the factory.
I am from the Police. You are Mrs...
It's about your daughter...
When did you last see her?
It was well over a year ago.
I don't remember.
She was your daughter, how can you
not remember where you last saw her?
Okay, Did she have any friends?
No. She watched the trains whole day.
She was retarded.
Did he have any friends?
Who? What were their names?
Did he have any habits?
- The Electrichka.
Say it again?
- He rode the Electrichka.
He rode the trains for fun?
- All the time.
He finds them on Electrichka!
He finds them on Electrichka.
I know it.
Electrichka, The trains that criss cross rural Russia.
- I know what they are, Comrade.
I don't ride them, but they do sometimes
get in the way of my limousine.
If I was hesitant to my reaction
which had only to do with a vague unease.
About what?
The fact that you was only been the detective
for 48 hours ...
and your intution is already
so highly devolped.
Are you a genius or just given
to power of enthusiasm?
I know the killer's method.
He picks up young people on the trains.
I've been to the station. They're all there.
The naive, the
weak, the retarded.
It's over. He has confessed.
- What?
- Who confessed?
Somebody from the institution of Statsi.
A Gypsy.
He is gonna show them the murder sights now.
Mr. What is your problem?
Don't you remember what you told us?
They are coaching him.
- They are very experienced detectives.
Here it is, this is were I killed her.
Again you fucked up.
This is how manyth time? Twelve?
He goes for an appointment with the
Spring suppliers on Tuesday.
Come back Thursday, saying ...
it went fine and on Monday
I hear that he never saw him.
Never showed up.
Have you any explanation
for your miserable performance?
I am going to take you down and show you to
workers on the line ...
see what they think of you.
This is the man who stopped
the chain of supply,
this is the man who
stopped our work today
You have no where to go?
Are you Hungry?
I hope this latest
murder puts to rest the idea
that the gypsy boy did it.
Why?
Because he was in custody
when this one was killed.
So what? It could be a
gang of which he was only a part
We can't disount that man
as a suspect so quickly.
He did confess.
I have some requests to make,
we have 16 bodies and we know ...
that there are more of them. In my opinion
it's a state of emergency.
And for that reason I have to ask
for more men, a lot more.
I have also need computers, so that I can
start the library of information about the case
and I need to
communicate with the FBI
Serial Murder Task Force
in Quantico, Virginia.
The largest store house of information
about serial murderers in the world.
And finally, we need to
publicise this case as widely as possible
First, to warn people of the danger.
Second, to get more of the unknown bodies
identified.
and Third, In the hope of bringing forth a witness ...
to one of the crimes.
No.
- No to what? No to everything?
Are you mad?
There's a maniac out there who will
kill every child in that god damn district!
Stop this insolence!
Is there something you want to say, Colonel.
- No, sir.
You handled that quite deftly.
- Bondarchuk is a stupid man.
He may be stupid but he is in charge.
How can it be, you don't seem to know
how things work in the Soviet system?
I know how things work, but right
now there are 16 dead children and I want
a little special treatment.
The strength of the bureaucracy is
measured by it's ability to resist
giving anyone special treatment.
I don't appreciate your sense of humor.
- One day you will.
The reason I said no to your demands ...
to ask for more men or
computers, for that matter,
is to admit to our
superiors in Moscow ...
that we're overwhelmed.
Which they'll never do
To ask the FBI for help ...
is to admit to the
West that we are behind them in both
forensic technique and
in manageing information.
Which they would never do.
And to publicise the case is to admit
that such crimes exist ...
in the Soviet Union. Which is one
thing they would rather die than do,
To Publicly admit that anything is wrong.
the only way I have been able to get
anything done is behind closed doors.
By offering favors, by bribeing,
by weedling ... But that will take time.
It always does.
Only in this case people will die.
People will die and that'll take all our
strength to suffer these outrageousness,
But suffer them we must.
Because we are the people who have to
catch this monster, Comrade Burakov.
You and I.
And you may have noticed, no one
else is even willing to try.
Good day.
You care about nothing more than
making your superiors happy.
You're right, I should spend more time ...
trying to alienate them. Perhaps you could teach me.
You say that You and I have
catch this monster ...
what you mean it's upto me isn't it?
Thats why I begin as the perfect choice ...
if I fail I'll be dangling out there by myself.
Happy Birthday, Nadia!
Are you trying to sabotage
what we are doing here now?
Doesn't you understand that you're
supposed to be under cover.
You're supposed to let the killer
feel comfortable and let him try
to pick somebody up.
Did you think that wearing your
uniform would help?
It was freezing when we came this morning
- So what?
It is his only warm coat.
My brother-in-law has a warm coat.
I'm sure, I can borrow it tomorrow.
I would ask him today ...
Give me your coat.
Take it.
I'll give it to you back later.
When we solve the case.
In the years since we discovered the first
bodies, we found six more.
and we interviewed 800 potential witnesses.
And despite all that,
we have no suspect.
In fact, all we've been able to do, is to
discredit the theory of the gang of retards
from the Institute, would've been involved.
And according to some of the people in
this room, we haven't been able to do that.
And if you continue to forbid us to
publicise the case I can't promise to
say when I except our luck to change.
You're saying that you're no
less than when you have begun.
- Not exactly.
Bring in Gorbunov.
Gentlemen this is Comrade
Gorbunov, Special Prosecutor from Moscow
Sit down Comrade.
- Thank you.
Gentlemen, Without wishing to embarass
anyone in particular, I must tell you
that I have been send here...
to take over the investigation,
because of it's poor focus
and slip shot execution
My superiors in Moscow agree with me,
that we should drop the train stations
survelliance immediately.
Not only because it's costly in terms of man hours,
but also because it hasn't produced
a single viable suspect in a year.
and because I say this with all
due respect to my predecessor,
It is based exclusively on one man's
intuition.
Well I'm afraid that's no longer going to count anymore.
As of now we will run this
investigation as professionals.
As of now, standing along
is no longer our style
but aggressive pursuit is.
We will aggressively pursue the suspects ...
and focus primarly on
known sexual deviance.
For the obvious reason they fit the
nature of the crime
and particularly the homosexuals ...
owing to the fact that there are so
many young boys among the victims.
And we will concenterte on a lesser extent
on doctors and surgeons because of
the precision of the lacerations.
Is what I said satisfactory to you all?
I Object, most of ...
Very satisfactory.
Extremely satisfactory.
I particularly liked the idea
of investegating the homosexuals.
I think this is the best idea we have heard of,
in the tragic history of this case.
We want to thank you, Comrade Gorbunov.
I understand that you'll remain
here for a couple of days.
And I will see to it that you'll have enough
time to get Burakov's team pointed in the
right direction before you go back to Moscow.
I am sure I will.
- Well, We're done here, I think .
Have I not?
Well then.
You've heard him. He would be here
for 24 hours and then he leaves.
We still run the day to day operation.
In a bureaucracy it is important to know
which skirmishes to join
and which to ignore.
We are developing quite a network
of informers among the city's
homosexual community.
That is not worth it.
I found it fascinating that
Secretary Bondarchuk
so vehement about pursuing them.
Didn't you?
- No.
There is a whole world for gossip
and it's in your hands to explore,
Comrade Bukarov.
Perhaps, If you took an interest,
You'll be a little more light of heart.
You think a man is what he says,
Don't you Colonel?
He is, if you talks for a living.
A man is what he fights for.
Well, I don't fight for anything.
I know.
He is a doctor with a bad reputation,
if you know what that means.
It is as I suspected, Comrade,
it's fornication, I made some drawings.
Take them in.
You serious?
Take them in.
Why are we arresting so
many perfectly respectful doctors?
Because we've been told to.
You're told told to investigate them,
not necessarily to detain them..
The doctors who are party members
we detain them as briefly as possible.
The sexual deviances who are party members
we intend to keep a little longer.
This is arrogance.
- I will speak to the men about it, Comrade.
I will take care of it.
Why don't you investigate the
police men, Comrade Burakov?
Wouldn't you say that they know
more about getting away with
murder than any other group?
Wouldn't you say that you yourself
will make a good suspect?
I know it's late, I'm sorry.
- I wasn't asleep.
Bondarchuk suspects the Cop, now.
Someone who knows how to
kill and get away with it.
I suppose it's a possibility.
The One he suspects is me ...
That's absurd.
- I'm afraid not.
You do not know what he is like.
Someone could come in the
night and take me away.
If you knew they would come
and take you on Friday,
What would you do different,
this week at work?
Nothing.
- Good. Eat.
Pathetic.
Where are you going all dressed up?
It's Saturday.
I have some work. A trip I have
to take for work. To make up for
something I failed to do
Why does that not surprise me?
I have some vodka in
my bag, would that do?
Use your hands, for God's sake.
Help me in here.
I'm Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry ...
You Okay?
This almost had pissed him off.
A little respect for the dead!
I want every piece of garbage
within 200-yard of radius checked out,
fingerprints, fibers
and body fluids.
every can, every bottle, You understand me?.
If we gonna fail it won't
be because of something left undone.
you understand what
I'm saying, God damn it?!
- Rest assured, I will get them working.
Okay, Let's move out.
- Is he serious?
He's gone crazy.
- Keep moving.
If you see anything interesting,
You let me know.
Police, Citizen ...
- Chikatilo
May I have your bag?
Citizen Chikatilo, You're under arrest
I was on my way home.
I talk to the young people because
I used to be a teacher ...
I always talk to young people
I have rope and a knife in my bag
because I work in a factory ...
and often need them.
What do you think?
- Personally?
I don't think he's a Savage.
Well, How do I know?
I have some more paperwork to do. Stay
with him, okay?. Absolutely.
I have a suspect
What is it?
- The blood test came back negative
What?
Semen sample is of type AB
Chikatilo's is of type A
I don't believe it.
- It's true.
What you talking about is true?
What does that mean?
Our blood test is for 11
variables. The FBI is for 149.
How do you know that?
- I saw it in a movie!
What the hell difference does
it make what the blood test says,
You do not know what you're talking about.
Comarada Burakov!
Are you aware that your prisoner
is a member of the Communist Party?
Is he not aware that this man is a
Party member in good standing?
Are you or Are You not aware?!
Of course I am aware of it, that I'm a
detective, Remember?
You approved my appointment.
And you're holding him anyway?
- That is my right
After The blood test came back negative.
Who told you that?
- What difference does it make?
Did you tell him?
- What difference does it make?!
It makes a difference to me ...
Let him go
Now. ..
Let him go or suffer the consequences
Colonel!
Release Citizen Chikatilo.
Burakov Office.
No, not yet ...
It's strange. They force us not finding bodies,
than finding them.
At least this time, if we found another body,
we might have another chance to find
fingerprint, or a witness.
In this way, I would rather find
three at a time and none in a year.
Let's get out of here. Let's go to work.
What happened to the boy?
He is being held in the cell downstairs.
He is not connected to the murders ...
but he has given us a fascinating
little piece of gossip.
You Let him go.
- What?
You Let him go.
- Why?
Why not? Gave you a God damn gossip.
Why can't you just let him go.
I am Sorry.
Please show
some mercy.
He's a victim, not
a criminal. He's a child.
All right, Go ahead. But
don't get anyone else involved.
Thank you.
I'll do it myself ...
You can go in.
You'd rather find three
bodies than none ...
You'd rather find citizens dead,
If it would make your job easier.
Have you become that perverse?
- I do not think this is a
fruitful line of enquiry.
I do!
Viktor Vasilievitj Burakov,
You stand by these remarks?
You stand by statement that you
would rather find bodies than not?
Is this man crying?
Is this the man to whom we trust
the safety of our children? Crying?
Mrs.Burakov?
I am Mikhail Fetisov.
I have your husband here,
He is having a problem.
Yes, Yes, I know.
I have arranged for him to take a
vacation and a rest tour.
Can I persuade you to come and pick him up?
Replace him.
No.
What was that?
What did you say?
After five straight
years on the same assigment,
Lt. Burakov is taking
his first vacation
His job will be
waiting for him when he comes back.
Get out.
All of you! Right now!
If you ever again contradicts me in front ...
I have here ...
I do not care what you have!
Information ...
Who cares!.
From a 19 year old boy whom you
maintain in the town of Sakti!
In the apartment you have arranged for him
and the gifts which you have given him.
And the dates of your last
three over night visits!
If you attempt to fire Lieutenant
Burakov, now or at any time ...
I will send all this to your wife.
I Recommended you for this position.
- I'll always be indebted to you.
Colonel Fetisov stopped
by with a ham.
A whole ham? Where did he get a ham?
He's very well connected.
I bet he knows everyone in pork.
He is very proud of himself,
for defending you.
I think, he feels that,
he has finally earned your respect.
Has he?
Will you tell him when you go back to work?
I think it would mean a lot to him.
I knew, I could talk you into it.
Lieutenant Burakov, You're 10 days early.
- I feel much better.
I am glad. You haven't been home?
I came to see you first.
I want to thank you for taking care
of my family while I was away.
And for saving my job.
You were right by knowing which
skirmishes to ignore.
Not really. I have just,
when you spent enough time with the lion ...
the idea of roaring, starts becoming
more and more reasonable.
There is something I wanted to ask you about.
- What is it?
While I was away
I spoke to a psychiatrist.
I would like to bring one into the case.
Maybe you know someone from the Institute.
You are aware, I am sure that,
never in the history of the...
Soviet Union
As a Psychiatrist ...
been brought into a murder case.
- I know. You will be the first ...
to make history.
What? - Did you just come in here and
go out of your way to make me feel good ...
and ask me for something?
My God, You are learning
how to manipulate people.
I've created a monster.
What about the psychiatrist?
- I'll see what I can do. All right?
Thank you. - Now you wants to go
home or prefer to stay here?
Come In.
Colonel is ...
Okay.
There is another body in the woods.
Your timing is impeccable.
- I'm ready.
What's that about?
He likes to examine the terrain a little before
rest of us get in there
and stomp around much.
- That's smart.
It doesn't do too much damage. So you
would say that he's a good detective?
I will say that I never worked
with anyone as good. Excuse me.
Can I explain about the evidence?
We start with any physical evidence on
or adjacent to the body ...
Make a cast of this?
I'll have it to you by six.
I know it is irregular,
but I hope one or two of you,
would be interested enough in what
we said today to get involved.
If you are, Please Stay. Thank you.
It's embarrassing to see grown men
run from their responsibilities.
It's like seeing your parents
drunk for the first time.
They're afraid. To be a
Psychiatrist in this country ...
is to be an expert for
paranoia, whether you meant to be or not.
Why are you frightened?
I am Sorry.
Do I look like a man of courage to you?
I am Bukhanovsky.
Well I was always been interested
in abnormal psychology.
Which is a dangerous thing
in the Soviet state.
Anyway, I was fascinated by the pattern
of disfigurement you described.
I would like to try to help, but discreetly.
I would like to think about it for a while.
Then write my ideas down
If I have it and then send it along.
Is that will be all right?
- Good..
I would like to be as cautious as possible
not to risk my career.
My God, being a hero is enormously
taxing and I've only been doing
it only for 7 or 8 minutes ...
and already I feel strangely enervated.
You ...
What is it?
- You must live with a great deal of pressure.
It's all right, now you know?
What is it?
The slaughter and all these horrors,
It reveals the monster which
we all have in our selves.
PLEASE READ THIS.
M. FETIZOV.
CITIZEN 'X'
by Bukhanovsky.
I read the whole thing last night.
It is very intuitive, well-defended.
There is little chace of that he is
homosexual. A man with a wife and kids.
And the sexual problem.
And maybe a job working with young kids ...
a worker in a chidrens home or can be a teacher.
We will had to have someone
go through these kind of files again.
This is interesting speculation,
but certainly
not good enough, to persuade me to change
the goals of the investigation.
Not the goals, Comrade.
Just the methods.
But just continue
arresting the homosexuals ...
it may not be directly contributing
to the resolution of the case.
But we will still be doing
the society a service.
Under the new policy of perstroika.
Soviet leaders have agreed yesterday
to surrender the partys
The American President
George Bush congratulated ...
The President, for his commitment to
democratic reform ...
and to ensure him that the hopes of the
American people are with us
as we chart the new course
of the Soviet state.
Thank you.
- Will it change things?
I don't know yet. I was on the
telephone since midnight.
Just keep the attitude alright and we'll see.
Can you get him for me?
We've to talk. Not
now, tomorrow, in the office.
Why? What is it?
- Tomorrow morning.
Don't make me suffer Colonel.
There will be a new Head of the Investigation
by tomorrow morning,
Come to the committee room at eight and
We'll meet him together.
Who is it? - It is not decided yet.
I'm flying to Moscow right now ...
to see if I can influence their
decision. That's why I stopped to tell you.
Don't start worrying yet.
Have I ever let you down?
Thank you so much for your support.
I'll see you tomorrow morning.
Good luck!
Where are they?.
- Who?
The committee.
We're it.
Who is the new head of Investigation?
- You.
Congratulations, Colonel.
- Actually, I'm a General now.
I don't have my insignia yet,
but they're on order.
Congratulations General.
You're a Colonel.
Congratulations Colonel.
Now, Sit down, let us get started.
I am now the prefect of the militia for the
entire operation. Reporting only to Moscow.
I can allocate my forces anywhere
I see fit, and I'm considering
this case, my highest priority.
If you need men, you need publicity,
you need communications. You have it.
I bought these in Moscow yesterday,
they are fantastic.
You have a telephone appointment
tonight at midnight
to speak with the Head of the
FBI ...
Serial Murderer Task Force
Special Agent Beckford.
He told me late last night, that he has been
following your work on this case with
great interest for about five years ...
I didn't ask him how.
He considers you as a
man of iron will.
For what it is worth, I agree with him
He also told me that he rotates his people
of the Serial Murderers cases ...
every 18 months, whether they like it or not ...
to prevent the inevitable psychological
consequences of too much frustration.
I pretended that I had known that all along.
He thinks that I pushed you ...
and pushed you in search of your limits.
Until I realized that you hadn't have any.
Privately I offer my deepest
apologies to you and your wife.
I hope that someday you can forgive
me my ignorance. Anyway ...
he suggested that I will not tell you this
but ... He said that he starts a new ...
group of recruits through the
program every 16 weeks.
And the first lecture that he gives,
It's always about you.
He calls you "The one man in the world
he would least like to have after him "
"An Intelligent, Methodical, Painstaking,
Passionate detective, who would
rather die than
give up "
Again, I agree.
Colonel Burakov ...
I'm Sorry, you may go.
I have a plan.
I've been thinking about it for a long time.
We intend to have a visible uniform
presence 24 hours a day ...
in every single train station
within 50 miles of Rostov.
Every station, except three.
The three smaller stations of the
Matievs line in the Katma forest.
There we will have only
under cover men.
That's where we want him
to make his next ...
attempt to kill
one of our children.
In order for this plan to work,
we need you to do a job.
We need you to accost anyone
who stops to talk to a child or a young woman.
Anyone who stops to
talk to any stranger at all.
We need to demand their
identity cards.
and ask their business and take down
their answers in your note books
We need to search them.
And above all,
we need to do this visibly.
We need everyone in the
station to notice.
Understand?
What you said, I didn't hear that.
- Yes, Comrade General.
Again.
- Yes, Comrade General!
Do you believe that you are capable
of performing these tasks?
- Yes, Comrade General!
Do you think that you're capable
of perfoming them without subtlety?
- Yes, Comrade General!
Without discretion?
Yes, Comrade General!
Without tact?
- Yes, Comrade General!
Good.
It wasn't long ago, if a cop took a
big chance like this and failed,
he'd have been shot.
For your sake, I hope it works.
I will not let them shoot you,
Not before a trial ...
It started very well.
But it's only just seven weeks
and already we're getting lazy.
And reports of one of the
stations reads no suspcious characters
in 3 days. 3 days!
The whole idea is to stay visible.
- Surprise Inspection would come?
What I am saying is
keep up the pressure,
Okay. I'll let you
know a little secret.
Surprise inspection in half an hour.
Tell your men.
That defeat the purpose of the "surprise"
As for that station. You have to give
them a little sugar once in a while anyway.
Your interrogation slips.
Okay.
Interrogation slips.
Get up here!
Close that.
I had to go to the toilet, I was no
longer than five minutes.
Give me your Interrogation slips.
Why so many?
They are from, since Friday
whole through the holiday week.
How long have you been here?
You have no relief?
No sir, my partner got sick ...
and didn't send anyone else from the station.
Because of the holiday.
Let us look through the
Interrogation slips, well...
no harm done.
You can send these along with
the rest of the interrogation slips .
When you're relieved..
What is it?
Did you personally speak to this man?
- Yes, Sir.
Why?
He came out of the woods and
there was dirt on his jacket.
He was well dressed, but he was dirty.
So I asked him his business.
He said he visited his mother in Belkovsky,
which is a tiny hamlet near here.
Which made sense, except I...
I was born in Belkovsky and
I didn't remember her. So, I wrote him up.
Did you search him?
- No, Sir. He hadn't accosted anyone ...
He only just looked odd.
You Remember this man? Chikatilo.
Did he had a bag?
- Yes
Consider yourselves relieved of this post.
Take my car to the station immediately,
Tell him, to contact Moscow ...
I wanted 200 soldiers here
to prepare to search these woods in one hour!
Got It?! In one hour!
- Yes Sir!
My God ...
What is happening to me?
My heart is pounding,
My throat feels tight..
What the hell is this?
Passion.
General, they found something ...
Stand Back, Comrades.
You have done your part, Thank you.
Get the team together and start
sending these soldiers home,
Unless the General
have some other use for them.
I have 49 of them in my conscience.
You mustn't blame yourself.
It's not that.
- What then?
She is my cousin's daughter,
Natasja Dunenkova.
She was 8.
I am Sorry.
You be okay? You wanted me to send
someone along with you?
For what it's worth, you may
have helped us catch him.
Just keep walking.
How did you get this?
At work, A box
fell over me at work.
Would you mind removing
all your clothes, please.
- What?
Remove your clothes.
How did you get these aberations
on the head of your penis?
How did you get these aberations
on the head of your penis?
I don't know.
Can you honestly tell me that you feel any remorse?
For killing children!
For cutting off their genitals?
Don't you feel you've to confess to your crimes?
My God. Are you human.
This is a disaster.
Why can't we ...
Because we can't ... Because he
demanded, to do the interrogation himself.
And he still has a lot of friends.
I will talk about my crimes, tomorrow.
What did you say? Repeat that.
I'll tell about my crimes tomorrow.
But I'm exhausted today.
Did you get that?
Good. Now it is in the official record.
We're not getting anywhere.
What are you talking about? Did you hear,
what he had just said?
He said that yesterday too.
It is the only way he knows
to get you to stop bantering him.
What do you want?
I want you to let us bring in someone,
who can get somewhere with him.
I am doing the interrogation.
You are wasting time, five days already!
With no other evidence, if we
do not get a confession
by 28th we have to let him go.
I am doing the interrogation.
Are you willing to take that
risk, just to satisfy your ego?
You've handled him quite deftly.
I'm fed up! I will not suffer
that stupidity anymore.
He may be stupid, but he's in charge.
What is this?
This is your confession?
In 1978 you fondled the
breast of a 11 year old girl.
You mocking me?
It's true.
I don't give it a damn, if it's true!
We are talking about murder here. You know that!
You think I'm a fool?
I was fired from my teaching
job for that incident..
I know that!
What the hell kind of game are you playing?
Citizen Chikatilo, I asked you a question!
Tomorrow is our last day, we would have to...
You think I don't know that?
If you want the man who
gets him to confess
won't that reflect happily on your wisdom.
Whom do you have in mind, Colonel?
I've never done this before.
I'm terrified.
I Bukhanovsky.
I am a Psychiatrist. And I ...
I wrote a paper
about you three years ago.
I called you Citizen X
I'm sure lot of things
are widely incorrect.
Would you like it, to read it to you?
Pardon me?
Yes, Please.
Let's leave aside those things which are larely
rubbish, designed to make me sound brighter.
We shall ignore that which is not important .
Citizen "X" has probably had a tendencey
towards isolation since childhood.
His internal world filled with fantasy
is closed to those around him ...
even to those close to him.
The adolescence of such a person is
as a rule painful ...
because he is often subjected
to the laughter of his peers ...
and at a time when success among
them is the subject of his secret dreams.
His sexuality is not noticeable
to those around him.
However it is an external asexuality
that which frequently coincides with steady
masturbation and abundant erotic fantasies.
He is painfully sensitive in company.
incapable of flirting and courting.
However it cannot be excluded ...
that he has fathered a family.
There is a reason to think that the Citizen
"X" has weakness in sexual potency.
This is supported by the fact that the
signs of the entry of the sexual organ
into the sexual part of the
victims has been found in ...
nine cases, but at only two the length
of contact has been sufficient to reach orgasm.
but with the rest of the cases involving
ejaculation on the body of the victims.
He sits or squats astride his victims,
the orgasm and ejaculation most likely...
occur at this stage of
the act and in this position ...
sitting on the victim
in the period of her agony.
The blinding of some of the victims could
be a symbol of his power over his victims ...
or an inability to bear his or her gaze,
even if it is unconscious.
Or possibly a reflection of
"X" 's belief in the folk tales
that the victims eyes ...
retain an image of the killer,
even after his death.
Was I right, Is it not.
He believed that the police might
see your image in their eyes?
What about the ejaculation, was I right about that?
Sitting on the victim
on the period of her agony?
You Ejaculated while stabbing them?
I Ejaculated while stabbing them.
Sometimes before they died,
some times after ...
With or without additional masturbation?
Most times, yes.
That justifies the scars on your organs?
The frenzied masturbation.
With the last one especially ...
Natasja Dunenkova.
After killing her I still had some ...
difficulty.
I hurt myself trying to
achieve orgasm.
Congratulations, gentlemen.
The General would say something witty,
but he's overcome with emotion right now.
Thank you both.
May I say that together,
you make a wonderful person.
Release the Monster!
We will give him Justice!
Step aside. Step aside, dammit!
You should thank them for God's sake!
These are the men who caught him!
Step through the door, please.
Please don't turn around ...
Subtitle by George M.
Fresh meat. Straight from the farm.
Fresh? This body is a year old.
It's a sort of a joke,
your predecessor would have got it.
Yes, I understand that he was funny.
Lazy, but funny.
You said something about a farm.
Collective farm number 5.
The big field right next to ...
The girl died in the woods?
I am Sorry, Were you about to say
right next to the woods?
Did you look through them?
No
Now, better go back and look through them.
For what?
For something that I can use to identify her.
Glasses, cigarettes, whatever.
If there Had been anything,
I would had brought it here
You think we're all lazy?
Go back and search the woods.
It's after five.
I don't care what time it is,
take an extra man, tell Sasha
it's on my authority, comb the area,
look under every leaf and every tree.
I get the idea.
Heartless, Son of a bitch,
what is he trying to prove?
Dear Comrade. He's new.
Doctor Mirtjinskij? It's your turn,
The body is ready for an autopsy.
No, there's no question of how the little girl
was killed. Violent blow to the back ...
Shouldn't you do an autopsy all the same??
Comrade ...
Do you help me get this job done, so
I can do your job too? Comrade Burakov ...
What is it?
They are coming in with something for you, they want you to wait.
Tell them that tomorrow is fine. I can't
deal with it now, it's after nine..
Who cares what time it is!
Have a nice evening ...
Violent blow to the back of the skull.
Multiple stab wounds to the face.
On the second body, as many as
and emptying
of the eye sockets.
and a broken sternum.
disfigurement to the breasts.
along with traces of semen.
On the sixth victim's penis has been removed
approximately 2.3 cm. above the junction,
with some additional disfigurement of the genital area.
Some additional disfigurement ...
Some additional disfigurement ...
Some additional disfigurement of
the nature of which suggest ...
not so much as a sharp instrument
as teeth ...
Yesterday the men of the
Rostov militia
unearthed eight bodies in
different stages of decomposition
And you brought the odours of the grave and
rumors as evidence. How clever.
I assume that the time you devoted to their
examination is the time you couldn't
spare to get cleaned up.
Next time a little less diligence
and a little more hygiene.
In the files
of my predecessor
I found records of
seven other bodies.
If you do not mind Comrade,
I would like to start
by introducing to the members of the committee.
General Ivanov, Head of the KGB, in Rostov.
Comrade Dunenkov, Comrade Tatevsky,
our Mayor, Comrade Ignatiev ...
and of course Comrade Bondarchuk,
Secretary of Ideology of
the Communist Party.
I'm Colonel Fetisov,
I am in charge of the militia,
whose officers efforts
have a small part.
I am also Secretary of this committee.
Gentlemen, this is Comrade Burakov ...
He is our new forensic expert.
They are a breed of men who work in
basements with chemistry sets.
We could hardly blame them for looking little
startled when they come out into the light.
Comrade, Please begin.
It's clear that we have a
serial killer, on our hands
already the most prolific in Russian history.
We will have to take extreme
measures to stop him.
Is he saying a "Serial Killer"?
We understood that there were wide
discrepancies in the wounds inflicted.
That's what he told us, Colonel.
And their were both boys and girls.
It could be two different men
It could be a gang.
There are no serial killers in the Soviet state.
Well that sounds more like we
should think of it then ...
It is a decadent Western phenomenon.
Gentlemen, that's all we have for now.
Thank you for taking time
out of your busy schedules.
I will keep you informed of any
new developments.
Welcome to the Halls of Power.
My God, No wonder nothing would stand.
- In this case it will.
Why?
- Because you will be in charge.
What?
You'll be in charge of the case.
Infact of the entire department ...
because technically
we do not have one, yet.
We have a division for the
most serious crimes ...
and we put you in charge of the
"Killer Department"
The "Killer Department"
But I am not even a detective,
I am a Forensic man.
You always wanted to be a detective?
Yes ..
- Well, Then you're in charge.
Start by making lists of the man power and
logistical support you think that you may require.
And then outline a general approach
to begin an investigation.
Report back to me tomorrow.
Good day.
Is there something else?
- Forgive me, but we reached the top ...
regional apartment list for
forsenics, my wife and two kids,
we are qualified for
the two bedroom ...
We have been waitng for seven years.
If I take a new job would I
lose my seniority?
I personally guarantee, that
you'll get the next two bedroom apartment
when it becomes available in Rostov.
All right? Now go home and tell
your wife about your new promotion.
Yes, Sir.
Next, a special report
on crime ...
deadly combination of heroin
addictions and street crimes ...
is ravaging American cities
as even their own Time magazine ...
Okay, let's hear it.
Listen to what?
If this job is so great,
why are you so upset about it?
I am supposed to keep it a secret.
I would not tell a soul.
For God's sake, you're treading dirt
all over the place ...
- I am Sorry
What the hell have you been doing?
They made me move some
filthy boxes in the factory.
I am from the Police. You are Mrs...
It's about your daughter...
When did you last see her?
It was well over a year ago.
I don't remember.
She was your daughter, how can you
not remember where you last saw her?
Okay, Did she have any friends?
No. She watched the trains whole day.
She was retarded.
Did he have any friends?
Who? What were their names?
Did he have any habits?
- The Electrichka.
Say it again?
- He rode the Electrichka.
He rode the trains for fun?
- All the time.
He finds them on Electrichka!
He finds them on Electrichka.
I know it.
Electrichka, The trains that criss cross rural Russia.
- I know what they are, Comrade.
I don't ride them, but they do sometimes
get in the way of my limousine.
If I was hesitant to my reaction
which had only to do with a vague unease.
About what?
The fact that you was only been the detective
for 48 hours ...
and your intution is already
so highly devolped.
Are you a genius or just given
to power of enthusiasm?
I know the killer's method.
He picks up young people on the trains.
I've been to the station. They're all there.
The naive, the
weak, the retarded.
It's over. He has confessed.
- What?
- Who confessed?
Somebody from the institution of Statsi.
A Gypsy.
He is gonna show them the murder sights now.
Mr. What is your problem?
Don't you remember what you told us?
They are coaching him.
- They are very experienced detectives.
Here it is, this is were I killed her.
Again you fucked up.
This is how manyth time? Twelve?
He goes for an appointment with the
Spring suppliers on Tuesday.
Come back Thursday, saying ...
it went fine and on Monday
I hear that he never saw him.
Never showed up.
Have you any explanation
for your miserable performance?
I am going to take you down and show you to
workers on the line ...
see what they think of you.
This is the man who stopped
the chain of supply,
this is the man who
stopped our work today
You have no where to go?
Are you Hungry?
I hope this latest
murder puts to rest the idea
that the gypsy boy did it.
Why?
Because he was in custody
when this one was killed.
So what? It could be a
gang of which he was only a part
We can't disount that man
as a suspect so quickly.
He did confess.
I have some requests to make,
we have 16 bodies and we know ...
that there are more of them. In my opinion
it's a state of emergency.
And for that reason I have to ask
for more men, a lot more.
I have also need computers, so that I can
start the library of information about the case
and I need to
communicate with the FBI
Serial Murder Task Force
in Quantico, Virginia.
The largest store house of information
about serial murderers in the world.
And finally, we need to
publicise this case as widely as possible
First, to warn people of the danger.
Second, to get more of the unknown bodies
identified.
and Third, In the hope of bringing forth a witness ...
to one of the crimes.
No.
- No to what? No to everything?
Are you mad?
There's a maniac out there who will
kill every child in that god damn district!
Stop this insolence!
Is there something you want to say, Colonel.
- No, sir.
You handled that quite deftly.
- Bondarchuk is a stupid man.
He may be stupid but he is in charge.
How can it be, you don't seem to know
how things work in the Soviet system?
I know how things work, but right
now there are 16 dead children and I want
a little special treatment.
The strength of the bureaucracy is
measured by it's ability to resist
giving anyone special treatment.
I don't appreciate your sense of humor.
- One day you will.
The reason I said no to your demands ...
to ask for more men or
computers, for that matter,
is to admit to our
superiors in Moscow ...
that we're overwhelmed.
Which they'll never do
To ask the FBI for help ...
is to admit to the
West that we are behind them in both
forensic technique and
in manageing information.
Which they would never do.
And to publicise the case is to admit
that such crimes exist ...
in the Soviet Union. Which is one
thing they would rather die than do,
To Publicly admit that anything is wrong.
the only way I have been able to get
anything done is behind closed doors.
By offering favors, by bribeing,
by weedling ... But that will take time.
It always does.
Only in this case people will die.
People will die and that'll take all our
strength to suffer these outrageousness,
But suffer them we must.
Because we are the people who have to
catch this monster, Comrade Burakov.
You and I.
And you may have noticed, no one
else is even willing to try.
Good day.
You care about nothing more than
making your superiors happy.
You're right, I should spend more time ...
trying to alienate them. Perhaps you could teach me.
You say that You and I have
catch this monster ...
what you mean it's upto me isn't it?
Thats why I begin as the perfect choice ...
if I fail I'll be dangling out there by myself.
Happy Birthday, Nadia!
Are you trying to sabotage
what we are doing here now?
Doesn't you understand that you're
supposed to be under cover.
You're supposed to let the killer
feel comfortable and let him try
to pick somebody up.
Did you think that wearing your
uniform would help?
It was freezing when we came this morning
- So what?
It is his only warm coat.
My brother-in-law has a warm coat.
I'm sure, I can borrow it tomorrow.
I would ask him today ...
Give me your coat.
Take it.
I'll give it to you back later.
When we solve the case.
In the years since we discovered the first
bodies, we found six more.
and we interviewed 800 potential witnesses.
And despite all that,
we have no suspect.
In fact, all we've been able to do, is to
discredit the theory of the gang of retards
from the Institute, would've been involved.
And according to some of the people in
this room, we haven't been able to do that.
And if you continue to forbid us to
publicise the case I can't promise to
say when I except our luck to change.
You're saying that you're no
less than when you have begun.
- Not exactly.
Bring in Gorbunov.
Gentlemen this is Comrade
Gorbunov, Special Prosecutor from Moscow
Sit down Comrade.
- Thank you.
Gentlemen, Without wishing to embarass
anyone in particular, I must tell you
that I have been send here...
to take over the investigation,
because of it's poor focus
and slip shot execution
My superiors in Moscow agree with me,
that we should drop the train stations
survelliance immediately.
Not only because it's costly in terms of man hours,
but also because it hasn't produced
a single viable suspect in a year.
and because I say this with all
due respect to my predecessor,
It is based exclusively on one man's
intuition.
Well I'm afraid that's no longer going to count anymore.
As of now we will run this
investigation as professionals.
As of now, standing along
is no longer our style
but aggressive pursuit is.
We will aggressively pursue the suspects ...
and focus primarly on
known sexual deviance.
For the obvious reason they fit the
nature of the crime
and particularly the homosexuals ...
owing to the fact that there are so
many young boys among the victims.
And we will concenterte on a lesser extent
on doctors and surgeons because of
the precision of the lacerations.
Is what I said satisfactory to you all?
I Object, most of ...
Very satisfactory.
Extremely satisfactory.
I particularly liked the idea
of investegating the homosexuals.
I think this is the best idea we have heard of,
in the tragic history of this case.
We want to thank you, Comrade Gorbunov.
I understand that you'll remain
here for a couple of days.
And I will see to it that you'll have enough
time to get Burakov's team pointed in the
right direction before you go back to Moscow.
I am sure I will.
- Well, We're done here, I think .
Have I not?
Well then.
You've heard him. He would be here
for 24 hours and then he leaves.
We still run the day to day operation.
In a bureaucracy it is important to know
which skirmishes to join
and which to ignore.
We are developing quite a network
of informers among the city's
homosexual community.
That is not worth it.
I found it fascinating that
Secretary Bondarchuk
so vehement about pursuing them.
Didn't you?
- No.
There is a whole world for gossip
and it's in your hands to explore,
Comrade Bukarov.
Perhaps, If you took an interest,
You'll be a little more light of heart.
You think a man is what he says,
Don't you Colonel?
He is, if you talks for a living.
A man is what he fights for.
Well, I don't fight for anything.
I know.
He is a doctor with a bad reputation,
if you know what that means.
It is as I suspected, Comrade,
it's fornication, I made some drawings.
Take them in.
You serious?
Take them in.
Why are we arresting so
many perfectly respectful doctors?
Because we've been told to.
You're told told to investigate them,
not necessarily to detain them..
The doctors who are party members
we detain them as briefly as possible.
The sexual deviances who are party members
we intend to keep a little longer.
This is arrogance.
- I will speak to the men about it, Comrade.
I will take care of it.
Why don't you investigate the
police men, Comrade Burakov?
Wouldn't you say that they know
more about getting away with
murder than any other group?
Wouldn't you say that you yourself
will make a good suspect?
I know it's late, I'm sorry.
- I wasn't asleep.
Bondarchuk suspects the Cop, now.
Someone who knows how to
kill and get away with it.
I suppose it's a possibility.
The One he suspects is me ...
That's absurd.
- I'm afraid not.
You do not know what he is like.
Someone could come in the
night and take me away.
If you knew they would come
and take you on Friday,
What would you do different,
this week at work?
Nothing.
- Good. Eat.
Pathetic.
Where are you going all dressed up?
It's Saturday.
I have some work. A trip I have
to take for work. To make up for
something I failed to do
Why does that not surprise me?
I have some vodka in
my bag, would that do?
Use your hands, for God's sake.
Help me in here.
I'm Sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry ...
You Okay?
This almost had pissed him off.
A little respect for the dead!
I want every piece of garbage
within 200-yard of radius checked out,
fingerprints, fibers
and body fluids.
every can, every bottle, You understand me?.
If we gonna fail it won't
be because of something left undone.
you understand what
I'm saying, God damn it?!
- Rest assured, I will get them working.
Okay, Let's move out.
- Is he serious?
He's gone crazy.
- Keep moving.
If you see anything interesting,
You let me know.
Police, Citizen ...
- Chikatilo
May I have your bag?
Citizen Chikatilo, You're under arrest
I was on my way home.
I talk to the young people because
I used to be a teacher ...
I always talk to young people
I have rope and a knife in my bag
because I work in a factory ...
and often need them.
What do you think?
- Personally?
I don't think he's a Savage.
Well, How do I know?
I have some more paperwork to do. Stay
with him, okay?. Absolutely.
I have a suspect
What is it?
- The blood test came back negative
What?
Semen sample is of type AB
Chikatilo's is of type A
I don't believe it.
- It's true.
What you talking about is true?
What does that mean?
Our blood test is for 11
variables. The FBI is for 149.
How do you know that?
- I saw it in a movie!
What the hell difference does
it make what the blood test says,
You do not know what you're talking about.
Comarada Burakov!
Are you aware that your prisoner
is a member of the Communist Party?
Is he not aware that this man is a
Party member in good standing?
Are you or Are You not aware?!
Of course I am aware of it, that I'm a
detective, Remember?
You approved my appointment.
And you're holding him anyway?
- That is my right
After The blood test came back negative.
Who told you that?
- What difference does it make?
Did you tell him?
- What difference does it make?!
It makes a difference to me ...
Let him go
Now. ..
Let him go or suffer the consequences
Colonel!
Release Citizen Chikatilo.
Burakov Office.
No, not yet ...
It's strange. They force us not finding bodies,
than finding them.
At least this time, if we found another body,
we might have another chance to find
fingerprint, or a witness.
In this way, I would rather find
three at a time and none in a year.
Let's get out of here. Let's go to work.
What happened to the boy?
He is being held in the cell downstairs.
He is not connected to the murders ...
but he has given us a fascinating
little piece of gossip.
You Let him go.
- What?
You Let him go.
- Why?
Why not? Gave you a God damn gossip.
Why can't you just let him go.
I am Sorry.
Please show
some mercy.
He's a victim, not
a criminal. He's a child.
All right, Go ahead. But
don't get anyone else involved.
Thank you.
I'll do it myself ...
You can go in.
You'd rather find three
bodies than none ...
You'd rather find citizens dead,
If it would make your job easier.
Have you become that perverse?
- I do not think this is a
fruitful line of enquiry.
I do!
Viktor Vasilievitj Burakov,
You stand by these remarks?
You stand by statement that you
would rather find bodies than not?
Is this man crying?
Is this the man to whom we trust
the safety of our children? Crying?
Mrs.Burakov?
I am Mikhail Fetisov.
I have your husband here,
He is having a problem.
Yes, Yes, I know.
I have arranged for him to take a
vacation and a rest tour.
Can I persuade you to come and pick him up?
Replace him.
No.
What was that?
What did you say?
After five straight
years on the same assigment,
Lt. Burakov is taking
his first vacation
His job will be
waiting for him when he comes back.
Get out.
All of you! Right now!
If you ever again contradicts me in front ...
I have here ...
I do not care what you have!
Information ...
Who cares!.
From a 19 year old boy whom you
maintain in the town of Sakti!
In the apartment you have arranged for him
and the gifts which you have given him.
And the dates of your last
three over night visits!
If you attempt to fire Lieutenant
Burakov, now or at any time ...
I will send all this to your wife.
I Recommended you for this position.
- I'll always be indebted to you.
Colonel Fetisov stopped
by with a ham.
A whole ham? Where did he get a ham?
He's very well connected.
I bet he knows everyone in pork.
He is very proud of himself,
for defending you.
I think, he feels that,
he has finally earned your respect.
Has he?
Will you tell him when you go back to work?
I think it would mean a lot to him.
I knew, I could talk you into it.
Lieutenant Burakov, You're 10 days early.
- I feel much better.
I am glad. You haven't been home?
I came to see you first.
I want to thank you for taking care
of my family while I was away.
And for saving my job.
You were right by knowing which
skirmishes to ignore.
Not really. I have just,
when you spent enough time with the lion ...
the idea of roaring, starts becoming
more and more reasonable.
There is something I wanted to ask you about.
- What is it?
While I was away
I spoke to a psychiatrist.
I would like to bring one into the case.
Maybe you know someone from the Institute.
You are aware, I am sure that,
never in the history of the...
Soviet Union
As a Psychiatrist ...
been brought into a murder case.
- I know. You will be the first ...
to make history.
What? - Did you just come in here and
go out of your way to make me feel good ...
and ask me for something?
My God, You are learning
how to manipulate people.
I've created a monster.
What about the psychiatrist?
- I'll see what I can do. All right?
Thank you. - Now you wants to go
home or prefer to stay here?
Come In.
Colonel is ...
Okay.
There is another body in the woods.
Your timing is impeccable.
- I'm ready.
What's that about?
He likes to examine the terrain a little before
rest of us get in there
and stomp around much.
- That's smart.
It doesn't do too much damage. So you
would say that he's a good detective?
I will say that I never worked
with anyone as good. Excuse me.
Can I explain about the evidence?
We start with any physical evidence on
or adjacent to the body ...
Make a cast of this?
I'll have it to you by six.
I know it is irregular,
but I hope one or two of you,
would be interested enough in what
we said today to get involved.
If you are, Please Stay. Thank you.
It's embarrassing to see grown men
run from their responsibilities.
It's like seeing your parents
drunk for the first time.
They're afraid. To be a
Psychiatrist in this country ...
is to be an expert for
paranoia, whether you meant to be or not.
Why are you frightened?
I am Sorry.
Do I look like a man of courage to you?
I am Bukhanovsky.
Well I was always been interested
in abnormal psychology.
Which is a dangerous thing
in the Soviet state.
Anyway, I was fascinated by the pattern
of disfigurement you described.
I would like to try to help, but discreetly.
I would like to think about it for a while.
Then write my ideas down
If I have it and then send it along.
Is that will be all right?
- Good..
I would like to be as cautious as possible
not to risk my career.
My God, being a hero is enormously
taxing and I've only been doing
it only for 7 or 8 minutes ...
and already I feel strangely enervated.
You ...
What is it?
- You must live with a great deal of pressure.
It's all right, now you know?
What is it?
The slaughter and all these horrors,
It reveals the monster which
we all have in our selves.
PLEASE READ THIS.
M. FETIZOV.
CITIZEN 'X'
by Bukhanovsky.
I read the whole thing last night.
It is very intuitive, well-defended.
There is little chace of that he is
homosexual. A man with a wife and kids.
And the sexual problem.
And maybe a job working with young kids ...
a worker in a chidrens home or can be a teacher.
We will had to have someone
go through these kind of files again.
This is interesting speculation,
but certainly
not good enough, to persuade me to change
the goals of the investigation.
Not the goals, Comrade.
Just the methods.
But just continue
arresting the homosexuals ...
it may not be directly contributing
to the resolution of the case.
But we will still be doing
the society a service.
Under the new policy of perstroika.
Soviet leaders have agreed yesterday
to surrender the partys
The American President
George Bush congratulated ...
The President, for his commitment to
democratic reform ...
and to ensure him that the hopes of the
American people are with us
as we chart the new course
of the Soviet state.
Thank you.
- Will it change things?
I don't know yet. I was on the
telephone since midnight.
Just keep the attitude alright and we'll see.
Can you get him for me?
We've to talk. Not
now, tomorrow, in the office.
Why? What is it?
- Tomorrow morning.
Don't make me suffer Colonel.
There will be a new Head of the Investigation
by tomorrow morning,
Come to the committee room at eight and
We'll meet him together.
Who is it? - It is not decided yet.
I'm flying to Moscow right now ...
to see if I can influence their
decision. That's why I stopped to tell you.
Don't start worrying yet.
Have I ever let you down?
Thank you so much for your support.
I'll see you tomorrow morning.
Good luck!
Where are they?.
- Who?
The committee.
We're it.
Who is the new head of Investigation?
- You.
Congratulations, Colonel.
- Actually, I'm a General now.
I don't have my insignia yet,
but they're on order.
Congratulations General.
You're a Colonel.
Congratulations Colonel.
Now, Sit down, let us get started.
I am now the prefect of the militia for the
entire operation. Reporting only to Moscow.
I can allocate my forces anywhere
I see fit, and I'm considering
this case, my highest priority.
If you need men, you need publicity,
you need communications. You have it.
I bought these in Moscow yesterday,
they are fantastic.
You have a telephone appointment
tonight at midnight
to speak with the Head of the
FBI ...
Serial Murderer Task Force
Special Agent Beckford.
He told me late last night, that he has been
following your work on this case with
great interest for about five years ...
I didn't ask him how.
He considers you as a
man of iron will.
For what it is worth, I agree with him
He also told me that he rotates his people
of the Serial Murderers cases ...
every 18 months, whether they like it or not ...
to prevent the inevitable psychological
consequences of too much frustration.
I pretended that I had known that all along.
He thinks that I pushed you ...
and pushed you in search of your limits.
Until I realized that you hadn't have any.
Privately I offer my deepest
apologies to you and your wife.
I hope that someday you can forgive
me my ignorance. Anyway ...
he suggested that I will not tell you this
but ... He said that he starts a new ...
group of recruits through the
program every 16 weeks.
And the first lecture that he gives,
It's always about you.
He calls you "The one man in the world
he would least like to have after him "
"An Intelligent, Methodical, Painstaking,
Passionate detective, who would
rather die than
give up "
Again, I agree.
Colonel Burakov ...
I'm Sorry, you may go.
I have a plan.
I've been thinking about it for a long time.
We intend to have a visible uniform
presence 24 hours a day ...
in every single train station
within 50 miles of Rostov.
Every station, except three.
The three smaller stations of the
Matievs line in the Katma forest.
There we will have only
under cover men.
That's where we want him
to make his next ...
attempt to kill
one of our children.
In order for this plan to work,
we need you to do a job.
We need you to accost anyone
who stops to talk to a child or a young woman.
Anyone who stops to
talk to any stranger at all.
We need to demand their
identity cards.
and ask their business and take down
their answers in your note books
We need to search them.
And above all,
we need to do this visibly.
We need everyone in the
station to notice.
Understand?
What you said, I didn't hear that.
- Yes, Comrade General.
Again.
- Yes, Comrade General!
Do you believe that you are capable
of performing these tasks?
- Yes, Comrade General!
Do you think that you're capable
of perfoming them without subtlety?
- Yes, Comrade General!
Without discretion?
Yes, Comrade General!
Without tact?
- Yes, Comrade General!
Good.
It wasn't long ago, if a cop took a
big chance like this and failed,
he'd have been shot.
For your sake, I hope it works.
I will not let them shoot you,
Not before a trial ...
It started very well.
But it's only just seven weeks
and already we're getting lazy.
And reports of one of the
stations reads no suspcious characters
in 3 days. 3 days!
The whole idea is to stay visible.
- Surprise Inspection would come?
What I am saying is
keep up the pressure,
Okay. I'll let you
know a little secret.
Surprise inspection in half an hour.
Tell your men.
That defeat the purpose of the "surprise"
As for that station. You have to give
them a little sugar once in a while anyway.
Your interrogation slips.
Okay.
Interrogation slips.
Get up here!
Close that.
I had to go to the toilet, I was no
longer than five minutes.
Give me your Interrogation slips.
Why so many?
They are from, since Friday
whole through the holiday week.
How long have you been here?
You have no relief?
No sir, my partner got sick ...
and didn't send anyone else from the station.
Because of the holiday.
Let us look through the
Interrogation slips, well...
no harm done.
You can send these along with
the rest of the interrogation slips .
When you're relieved..
What is it?
Did you personally speak to this man?
- Yes, Sir.
Why?
He came out of the woods and
there was dirt on his jacket.
He was well dressed, but he was dirty.
So I asked him his business.
He said he visited his mother in Belkovsky,
which is a tiny hamlet near here.
Which made sense, except I...
I was born in Belkovsky and
I didn't remember her. So, I wrote him up.
Did you search him?
- No, Sir. He hadn't accosted anyone ...
He only just looked odd.
You Remember this man? Chikatilo.
Did he had a bag?
- Yes
Consider yourselves relieved of this post.
Take my car to the station immediately,
Tell him, to contact Moscow ...
I wanted 200 soldiers here
to prepare to search these woods in one hour!
Got It?! In one hour!
- Yes Sir!
My God ...
What is happening to me?
My heart is pounding,
My throat feels tight..
What the hell is this?
Passion.
General, they found something ...
Stand Back, Comrades.
You have done your part, Thank you.
Get the team together and start
sending these soldiers home,
Unless the General
have some other use for them.
I have 49 of them in my conscience.
You mustn't blame yourself.
It's not that.
- What then?
She is my cousin's daughter,
Natasja Dunenkova.
She was 8.
I am Sorry.
You be okay? You wanted me to send
someone along with you?
For what it's worth, you may
have helped us catch him.
Just keep walking.
How did you get this?
At work, A box
fell over me at work.
Would you mind removing
all your clothes, please.
- What?
Remove your clothes.
How did you get these aberations
on the head of your penis?
How did you get these aberations
on the head of your penis?
I don't know.
Can you honestly tell me that you feel any remorse?
For killing children!
For cutting off their genitals?
Don't you feel you've to confess to your crimes?
My God. Are you human.
This is a disaster.
Why can't we ...
Because we can't ... Because he
demanded, to do the interrogation himself.
And he still has a lot of friends.
I will talk about my crimes, tomorrow.
What did you say? Repeat that.
I'll tell about my crimes tomorrow.
But I'm exhausted today.
Did you get that?
Good. Now it is in the official record.
We're not getting anywhere.
What are you talking about? Did you hear,
what he had just said?
He said that yesterday too.
It is the only way he knows
to get you to stop bantering him.
What do you want?
I want you to let us bring in someone,
who can get somewhere with him.
I am doing the interrogation.
You are wasting time, five days already!
With no other evidence, if we
do not get a confession
by 28th we have to let him go.
I am doing the interrogation.
Are you willing to take that
risk, just to satisfy your ego?
You've handled him quite deftly.
I'm fed up! I will not suffer
that stupidity anymore.
He may be stupid, but he's in charge.
What is this?
This is your confession?
In 1978 you fondled the
breast of a 11 year old girl.
You mocking me?
It's true.
I don't give it a damn, if it's true!
We are talking about murder here. You know that!
You think I'm a fool?
I was fired from my teaching
job for that incident..
I know that!
What the hell kind of game are you playing?
Citizen Chikatilo, I asked you a question!
Tomorrow is our last day, we would have to...
You think I don't know that?
If you want the man who
gets him to confess
won't that reflect happily on your wisdom.
Whom do you have in mind, Colonel?
I've never done this before.
I'm terrified.
I Bukhanovsky.
I am a Psychiatrist. And I ...
I wrote a paper
about you three years ago.
I called you Citizen X
I'm sure lot of things
are widely incorrect.
Would you like it, to read it to you?
Pardon me?
Yes, Please.
Let's leave aside those things which are larely
rubbish, designed to make me sound brighter.
We shall ignore that which is not important .
Citizen "X" has probably had a tendencey
towards isolation since childhood.
His internal world filled with fantasy
is closed to those around him ...
even to those close to him.
The adolescence of such a person is
as a rule painful ...
because he is often subjected
to the laughter of his peers ...
and at a time when success among
them is the subject of his secret dreams.
His sexuality is not noticeable
to those around him.
However it is an external asexuality
that which frequently coincides with steady
masturbation and abundant erotic fantasies.
He is painfully sensitive in company.
incapable of flirting and courting.
However it cannot be excluded ...
that he has fathered a family.
There is a reason to think that the Citizen
"X" has weakness in sexual potency.
This is supported by the fact that the
signs of the entry of the sexual organ
into the sexual part of the
victims has been found in ...
nine cases, but at only two the length
of contact has been sufficient to reach orgasm.
but with the rest of the cases involving
ejaculation on the body of the victims.
He sits or squats astride his victims,
the orgasm and ejaculation most likely...
occur at this stage of
the act and in this position ...
sitting on the victim
in the period of her agony.
The blinding of some of the victims could
be a symbol of his power over his victims ...
or an inability to bear his or her gaze,
even if it is unconscious.
Or possibly a reflection of
"X" 's belief in the folk tales
that the victims eyes ...
retain an image of the killer,
even after his death.
Was I right, Is it not.
He believed that the police might
see your image in their eyes?
What about the ejaculation, was I right about that?
Sitting on the victim
on the period of her agony?
You Ejaculated while stabbing them?
I Ejaculated while stabbing them.
Sometimes before they died,
some times after ...
With or without additional masturbation?
Most times, yes.
That justifies the scars on your organs?
The frenzied masturbation.
With the last one especially ...
Natasja Dunenkova.
After killing her I still had some ...
difficulty.
I hurt myself trying to
achieve orgasm.
Congratulations, gentlemen.
The General would say something witty,
but he's overcome with emotion right now.
Thank you both.
May I say that together,
you make a wonderful person.
Release the Monster!
We will give him Justice!
Step aside. Step aside, dammit!
You should thank them for God's sake!
These are the men who caught him!
Step through the door, please.
Please don't turn around ...
Subtitle by George M.