Citizen X (1995 TV Movie)

Stephen Rea: Lt. Viktor Burakov

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• Bukhanovsky : 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.

  Burakov : Why aren't you afraid?

  Bukhanovsky : 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.

• Burakov : A man is what he fights for.

  Fetisov : I don't fight for anything.

  Burakov : I know.

• Bondarchuk : I want to know, why are we arresting so many perfectly respectable doctors and party members?

  Burakov : Because we were told to.

  Bondarchuk : You were told to investigate them, not detain them!

  Burakov : 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.

• Burakov : You think that a man is what he says.

  Fetisov : He is, if he talks for a living.

• Burakov : [to Bukhanovsky, as Fetisov shakes the doctor's hand]  He'd say something witty but he's overcome with emotion right now.

  Bukhanovsky : Thank you both. And may I say that, together, you make a wonderful person.

• Fetisov : Goddamn it! What is happening to me? My heart is pounding, my collar feels tight; what the hell is this?

  Burakov : Passion.

• Fetisov : Blood test came back negative.

  Burakov : What?

  Fetisov : Semen samples are type AB. Chikatilo is type A.

  Burakov : [sighs]  I don't believe it.

  Fetisov : It's true.

  Burakov : 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!

  Fetisov : [grinning]  How do you know that?

  Burakov : [exasperated]  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!

• Burakov : [addressing Bukhanovsky, about Fetisov]  He'd say something witty but he's overcome with emotion right now.

• Burakov : You handled him quite deftly.

  Fetisov : I've had it. I will not suffer that stupidity anymore!

  Burakov : He may be stupid, but he's in charge.

• Burakov : Where are they?

  Fetisov : Who?

  Burakov : The Committee.

  Fetisov : We're it.

  Burakov : Who's the new head of the investigation?

  Fetisov : You.

  Burakov : Congratulations, Colonel.

  Fetisov : Well... actually, I am a General now. I don't have my insignia yet, but they are on order.

  Burakov : Congratulations, General.

  Fetisov : And you... are a Colonel. Congratulations, Colonel.

• Burakov : Bondarchuck suspects a cop now. Someone who knows how to kill and get away with it.

  Mrs. Burakov : I suppose that's a possibility.

  Burakov : The one he suspects is me.

  Mrs. Burakov : That's absurd.

  Burakov : I'm afraid, though. You know what he's like. Someone could come in the night and take me away.