Death and the Compass

Plot

In a totalitarian future, in a nightmare metropolis, inhabited only by criminals and police, Erik Lonnrot, a gifted detective, investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate ... read more

  • Alex Cox

    Director

  • Jorge Luis Borges

    Original Story

  • Alex Cox

    Screenplay

  • Jorge Luis Borges

    Short Story

  • Miguel Garzón

    Director of Photography

  • Carlos Puente

    Editor

  • Peter Boyle

    Lonnrot

  • Miguel Sandoval

    Treviranus

  • Christopher Eccleston

    Schartach / Zunz / Gryphius

  • Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez

    Ms. Espinoza / Harlequin

  • Pedro Armendáriz Jr.

    Blot

  • Alonso Echánove

    Novalis

  • Eduardo López Rojas

    Finnegan

  • Alex Cox

    Commander Borges

  • Karl Braun

    Sargent / Green Scharlach

  • Gabriela Gurrola

    Hooker / Harlequin

  • Ariane Pellicer

    Natasha

  • Mario Iván Martínez

    Manager

  • René Pereyra

    Azevedo

  • Roberto Sosa

    Drug Addict I

  • Bruno Bichir

    Drug Addict II

  • María Fernanda García

    Attractive Woman

  • Abel Woolrich

    Barman

  • Martin LaSalle

    Dr. Yarmolinsky

  • Luis de Icaza

    Bigot

  • Runtime

    86 minutes

    Released

    1992-08-05

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    France

    Spain

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    TVE

    Cinétévé

    BBC

    Sound

  • Dan Wool

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    38 days ago

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