Gorky Park (film)

Gorky Park is a 1983 film based on the novel Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. It was directed by Michael Apted. Dennis Potter won a 1984 Edgar Award for his screenplay for the film.

Three young people are seen ice skating in Gorky Park. Three days later, Soviet militsiya officer Arkady Renko William Hurt investigates the discovery of their bodies a short distance from the skating rink. All have been shot in the chest and mouth their faces and fingerprints have been completely removed. Renko is left anxious and paranoid when the KGB refuse to take over the investigation. Renko enlists the help of Professor Andreev Ian McDiarmid to reconstruct their faces.During his investigation, Renko crosses paths with William Kirwill Brian Dennehy, a New York detective who is in the Soviet Union investigating the disappearance of his brother James. At a weekend getaway at the dacha of Chief Prosecutor Iamskoy Ian Bannen, Renko also makes the acquaintance of the American sable importer Jack Osborne Lee Marvin and his girlfriend Irina Asanova Joanna Pacua. ........

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