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Evilenko - Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Ronald Pickup, David Grieco

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Movie propaganda

Based on the true story of Andrej Romanovic Cikatilo, also known as the Monster of Rostov. AR Evilenko (Malcolm McDowell) is a serial killer who killed and ate more than 50 children in the old Soviet Republic. Vadim Timurovic Lesiev (Marton Csokas) is the detective who tracks down and catches him.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film true serial killer cannibal USSR Soviet crime police

Persons of interest

Malcolm McDowell .... Andrej Romanovic Evilenko
Marton Csokas .... Vadim Timurovic Lesiev
Ronald Pickup .... Aron Richter
Frances Barber
Alexei Chadyuk .... Captain Ramenskij
Ostap Stupka .... Doctor Amitrin
David Grieco .... Screenwriter
David Grieco .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Evilenko official site (Italy)
Evilenko film production notes
Evilenko QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 2005: Nominated: Silver Ribbon: Best New Director (David Grieco)

See also Hannibal, Red dragon
Studios and distributors:

21st Century Pictures

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

The trouble with basing a story on someone's life is that life is messy. It doesn't form a nice narrative flow. Things happen at random. Time passes between events of significance. That's the difficulty with making movies out of someone's life.

On the upside, you can get things happening that no scriptwriter would even dream of doing. A school teacher who kills children and eats them? A state spy who's also a serial killer? The fall of communism turning a clerk into a murderer? Never in a million Hollywood years would this story make it to the big screen - unless it's all true.

Evilenko has one big flaw and that's that most of the cast has been dubbed. From English into English. It makes everything those characters say seem suspect (until you catch on and then it's just annoying because the dialogue doesn't match that of those around them) even when they're perfectly innocent. I don't know why some actors were dubbed.

If you like a good serial killer flick then you'll like Evilenko. Just remember that it's a true drama, not a thriller.

Media intelligence (DVD)

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Languages: English
Picture: Widescreen 16:9
Special features:

Trailers: Upcoming releases

Security censorship classification

MA 15+ (Adult themes, Medium level violence)

Surveillance time

108 minutes (1:48 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

DVD rental: 22 June 2005
VHS rental: 22 June 2005