Citizen X is a made-for-TV movie, released in 1995, which covers the investigation of the Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who was convicted of killing 53 women and children, and the efforts of detectives in the Soviet Union to capture him.

Synopsis

As well as being a crime thriller, the movie depicts Soviet propaganda and bureaucracy contributing to the failure to capture Chikatilo; his crimes were not widely reported for fear of revealing that such things ever occurred in the USSR.

Production

The movie was entirely shot in Hungary. The station where Chikatilo picks his victims is the Hatvan railway station, northeast of Budapest. The smaller, arched train shelter scene was shot in Nagymaros. Several other scenes were shot in the Gödöllő Railway Station. The film was directed by Chris Gerolmo, who also wrote the screenplay adapted from the book The Killer Department by Robert Cullen. It stars Stephen Rea as Detective Viktor Burakov, Donald Sutherland as Col. Mikhail Fetisov, Burakov's commanding officer, Max von Sydow as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky, a psychiatrist assisting the case, and Jeffrey DeMunn as Chikatilo.

Awards

*CableACE Awards

**Best Movie or Miniseries

**Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries (DeMunn)

*Edgar Awards

**Best TV Feature or MiniSeries (Gerolmo)

*Emmy Awards

**Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (Sutherland)

*Golden Globe Awards

**Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (Sutherland)