Information
- BFI identifier393073
- Date1992-08-05 (Television)
- Production countryUSA, Mexico, Japan
- Production company
- SynopsisAdaptation of a short story by Borges centred on an investigation by the famed Inspector Lonnrot who, in trying to solve a series of murders, uncovers a more complex set of clues which reveal a diabolical plot. (Synopsis)
- Work historyRemade by Alex Cox in 1996 as a full-length feature (qv).
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: Alex Cox
Production Company: Karl Hermann Braun Productions
Production Company: Together Brothers Productions
view all - CastPeter Boyle (Inspector Lonnrot)
Miguel Sandoval (Treviranus)
Christopher Eccleston (Zunz)
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Title
Death and the Compass (Original)
Los Cuentos De Borges (Alternative)
La Muerte Y La Brújula (Alternative)
Death and the Compass [1992 Tv Film] (Help search)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
35mm Magnetic - Safety - Sound - Status pending
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
1-inch C-Format - Video - Master
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- ArticlesSight and Sound v16 n2 February 2006 - DVD ReviewStarBurst n270 February 2001 - ArticleSight and Sound v11 n3 March 2001 - InterviewSight and Sound v11 n4 April 2001 - DVD ReviewTelevision Today n5809 13 Aug 1992 - Reviewview all
- Screenplay
Series Work - 777647
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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Work - 393073 - 1992-08-05 (Television)
USA - Film - Fiction
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