Incluvie Classics - 'Ganja & Hess'
'Ganja & Hess' is a 1973 experimental horror film, written and directed by the visionary auteur Bill Gunn. It was meant to be a straightforward blaxploitation film – but director Gunn had grander ambitions.
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Petersburg at the end of the 19th century was embraced by a massive enthusiasm for the occult sciences and esotericism. British medium Olivia Reed arrives in the capital of the Russian Empire on tour and gathers crowds of people at her public spiritualistic sessions. At this time, a series of ritual mysterious murders takes place in the city. Girls are abducted on the streets, their mutilated bodies are found in various parts of the city. The investigation is carried out by a young police officer Rostov and his assistant Ganin. With each new victim, things are becoming more confused. Suspicion leads Rostov to Olivia, and he decides to turn to her in the hope that her genuine or imaginary ability to summon the spirits of the dead can help to get on the trail of the killer.
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Petersburg at the end of the 19th century was embraced by a massive enthusiasm for the occult sciences and esotericism. British medium Olivia Reed arrives in the capital of the Russian Empire on tour and gathers crowds of people at her public spiritualistic sessions. At this time, a series of ritual mysterious murders takes place in the city. Girls are abducted on the streets, their mutilated bodies are found in various parts of the city. The investigation is carried out by a young police officer Rostov and his assistant Ganin. With each new victim, things are becoming more confused. Suspicion leads Rostov to Olivia, and he decides to turn to her in the hope that her genuine or imaginary ability to summon the spirits of the dead can help to get on the trail of the killer.
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Genre:Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Horror
Written By:Marina Dyachenko, Serhiy Dyachenko, Michael Kupisk, Alexander Rodionov
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Box Office:$958,558
Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Non-Stop Productions, KIT Film Studio, Central Partnership, Cinema Foundation of Russia
Cast
Nikolay Khomeriki
Director
Evgeny Tsyganov
Sergey Rostov - sledovatel
Daisy Head
Olivia Reed - anglichanka medium
Dmitry Lysenkov
Fyodor Ganin - pomoshchnik Rostova
Yuri Kolokolnikov
Vasiliy Golitsyn - okultist lyubitel
Jonathan Salway
James Reed - Olivia's husband
Evgeniy Tkachuk
Pavlusha Pkoynik
Igor Chernevich
Vrach-patologoanatom
Ivan Reshetnyak
Suslik
Maksim Al-Names
Iskander - provodnik
Mariya Skuratova
Avdotya - Zhertva 5
Anna Khristich
Marfa Berg - Zhertva 6
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