The Fixer (1968 film)


The Fixer is a 1968 British drama film based on the 1966 semi-biographical novel of the same name, written by Bernard Malamud. It was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Alan Bates.

Plot

The film is based on Bernard Malamud's novel The Fixer, which in turn was inspired by the 1913 trial of Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Russian Jew who was falsely accused of having ritually murdered a Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, an example of the Blood Libel.

Cast

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Spinoza's quotation

The film includes the quotation of a sentence by Baruch Spinoza: