Citizen X

About Citizen X

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.

Citizen X (1995) is a crime tv movie film directed by Chris Gerolmo. Released in February 1995, it runs 105 minutes.

Its themes are mental illness, homophobia, surveillance, and series of murders. The story is adapted from real events.

Stephen Rea appears as Lt. Viktor Burakov, Donald Sutherland as Col. Mikhail Fetisov, Max von Sydow as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky, and Jeffrey DeMunn as Andrei Chikatilo. The screenplay is by Chris Gerolmo. Produced by HBO. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Memories of Murder, Se7en, and Psycho make useful companions to Citizen X, all filed under 1980s, detective, and investigation. TMDB voters put it at 7.2 out of 10 across 403 votes and it carries a R rating.