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Cast & Crew

Roman Polanski
Director
Ben Kingsley
As Dr. Roberto Miranda
Sigourney Weaver
As Paulina Escobar
Stuart Wilson
As Gerardo Escobar
Karen Strassman
As Elena Galvin (uncredited)
Carlos Moreno
As String Quartet Player
Gilberto Cortés
As String Quartet Player
Jonathan Vega
As Dr. Miranda's Son

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What is Death and the Maiden about? Toggle content

In this psychological thriller, Paulina Escobar, a political activist, kidnaps her husband's friend Dr. Miranda, whom she believes tortured and raped her during the country's dictatorship. Despite her husband's protests, Paulina puts Miranda on trial, determined to uncover the truth. As the night progresses, Miranda's true identity is revealed, and Paulina's desire for revenge reaches a boiling point. Will she find justice or succumb to her own darkness?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Death and the Maiden include The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects, Primal Fear, Seven, The Silence of the Lambs, The Rainmaker.

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Death and the Maiden was released in theaters on December 23, 1994.