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Genghis Cohn (1993)

Director: Elijah Moshinsky

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From Time Out Film Guide

Twelve years on, Jewish stand-up comic Cohn (Sher) returns to haunt the SS officer (Lindsay) - now a successful Bavarian police commissioner - who commanded the firing squad which executed him. At the same time, the town is beset by a series of bizarre murders of lovers caught in flagrante, and rumour, intrigue and ambition tip the community into self-destructive chaos. Not a bad idea (from a novel by Romain Gary), and not exactly a bad film - but the black comedy would be far blacker and funnier if the direction and acting weren't so awfully, awfully theatrical.

Author: GA

Time Out Film Guide

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Director: Elijah Moshinsky

Producer: Ruth Caleb

Cast: Anthony Sher, Robert Lindsay, Diana Rigg, John Wells full cast

Duration: 80 mins


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