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1992 Certificate 15
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A killer lurks in the dark corners of an odd little European town--a mysterious stranger who brutally strangles his victims. When the circus comes to visit, the madman steps up his pace, commencing a ghastly murder spree. Meanwhile, a nondescript local man named Kleinman finds himself accused of the crimes by an angry mob. And .. Read more

Starring Woody Allen, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Mia Farrow
Director Woody Allen
Genres Drama

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Shadows And Fog

A killer lurks in the dark corners of an odd little European town--a mysterious stranger who brutally strangles his victims. When the circus comes to visit, the madman steps up his pace, commencing a ghastly murder spree. Meanwhile, a nondescript local man named Kleinman finds himself accused of the crimes by an angry mob. And every effort Kleinman makes to clear himself ends up making him look more and more guilty. Woody Allen's black-and-white mood piece is dark and eerie and very funny, with new twists and turns lurking behind each shadow. Once again he has amassed a stellar, eclectic cast, including John Cusack, Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, Donald Pleasence, John Malkovich, Fred Gwynne, Lily Tomlin, and Madonna, among others.

Starring Woody Allen, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster, Fred Gwynne, Julie Kavner, Madonna, John Malkovich, Kenneth Mars, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin
Director Woody Allen
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 22 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, French, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Released DVD: 15 Apr 2002
Production year: 1992
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Reworking his 1972 one-act play Death, Woody Allen originally intended this esoteric drama to be a homage to German Expressionism. However, he dropped the oblique-angled sets in favour of a look owing more to Universal's pre-war horror movies and, thus, deprived an already slight premise of some visual power. As the nobody who is co-opted into the search for a strangler in an eastern European town, Allen is typically twitchy amid a galaxy of guest stars, including John Malkovich, Madonna and Jodie Foster. Short on humour, perhaps, but this curio is laced with ideas that took on a new relevance when news broke of his split with co-star Mia Farrow.

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    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Was this meant to be a Bergman tribute?

    I like Woody Allen, and I like Ingmar Bergman, but Woody trying to spoof Ingmar??? Didn't work for me - felt sorry for John Malkovitch having to deliver lines as bad as that. Mia Farrow is a pill as usual and I have no idea what John Cusack was thinking of! 2 good things in it - the famous actresses as tarts and the well poisoning joke - otherwise (as its against my principles to bail out in the middle) I just couldn't help wishing it would end so I could go and do something more interesting.

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  • 13 out of 17 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Was this meant to be a Bergman tribute?

    I like Woody Allen, and I like Ingmar Bergman, but Woody trying to spoof Ingmar??? Didn't work for me - felt sorry for John Malkovitch having to deliver lines as bad as that. Mia Farrow is a pill as usual and I have no idea what John Cusack was thinking of! 2 good things in it - the famous actresses as tarts and the well poisoning joke - otherwise (as its against my principles to bail out in the middle) I just couldn't help wishing it would end so I could go and do something more interesting.

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