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Citizen X Quotes

Citizen X is a Biography that was first aired in 1970 on HBO. Citizen X ended its run in 1970.

It features Timothy Marx as producer, Randy Edelman in charge of musical score, and Robert Fraisse (cinematographer) as head of cinematography. Citizen X is executive produced by Laura Bickford.

Each episode of Citizen X is 105 minutes long. Citizen X is produced by HBO Pictures and distributed by HBO.

The cast includes: Max von Sydow as Bukhanovsky, Stephen Rea as Burakov, Joss Ackland as Bondarchuk, and Donald Sutherland as Fetisov.

Citizen X Quotes

Stephen Rea as Burakov

  • (Stephen Rea) "You handled him quite deftly."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "I've had it. I will not suffer that stupidity anymore."
  • (Stephen Rea) "He may be stupid, but he's in charge."
  • (Stephen Rea) "A man is what he fights for."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "I don't fight for anything."
  • (Stephen Rea) "I know."
  • (Stephen Rea) "He'd say something witty, but he's overcome with emotion."
  • (Stephen Rea) "He'd say something witty but he's overcome with emotion right now."
  • (Max von Sydow) "Thank you both -- and may I say that, together, you make a wonderful person."
  • (Stephen Rea) "You think that a man is what he says."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "He is, if he talks for a living."

Joss Ackland as Bondarchuk

  • (Joss Ackland) "There is no serial killer in the Soviet state."
  • (Joss Ackland) "I want to know, why are we arresting so many perfectly respectable doctors and party members?"
  • (Stephen Rea) "Because we were told to."
  • (Joss Ackland) "You were told to investigate them, not detain them."
  • (Stephen Rea) "The party members who are doctors we detain for a very brief period of time. The party members who are sexual deviants, we intend to detain a little longer."

Max von Sydow as Bukhanovsky

  • (Max von Sydow) "To be a psychiatrist in this country (the Soviet Union) is to be an expert on paranoia, whether you meant to be or not."
  • (Max von Sydow) "It is embarrassing to see grown men run from their responsibilities. It is like seeing your parents drunk for the first time. They are afraid. To be a psychiatrist in this country is to be an expert on paranoia -- whether you meant to be or not."
  • (Stephen Rea) "Why aren't you afraid?"
  • (Max von Sydow) "I'm sorry. Do I look like a man of courage to you? I've always been interested in abnormal psychology. Which is a dangerous thing in the Soviet state."

Donald Sutherland as Fetisov

  • (Donald Sutherland) "god**** it. What is happening to me? My heart is pounding, my collar feels tight; what the hell is this?"
  • (Stephen Rea) "Passion."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "Blood test came back negative."
  • (Stephen Rea) "What?"
  • (Donald Sutherland) "Semen samples are type AB. Chikatilo is type A."
  • (Stephen Rea) "I don't believe it."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "It's true."
  • (Stephen Rea) "What are you talking about "it's true"? What does that mean? Our blood test is for eleven variables. The FBI's is for one hundred and forty nine."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "How do you know that?"
  • (Stephen Rea) "I saw it in a movie. What the hell difference does it make what the blood test says, you don't know what you're talking about."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "I have here --"
  • (Joss Ackland) "I don't care what you have there."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "Information --"
  • (Joss Ackland) "Who cares."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "About the nineteen year old boy you maintain in the town of Shakti. And the apartment you have arranged for him -- and the gifts that you have given him -- and the dates of your last three overnight visits. If you attempt to fire Lieutenant Burakov -- now, or at any time -- I will send all this to your wife."
  • (Joss Ackland) "I recommended you for this position."
  • (Donald Sutherland) "I will always be indebted to you."

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