# Mute Witness (1995)

> A mute makeup artist trapped inside a Moscow film studio witnesses a murder and races through a labyrinth of killers, cover-ups, and darkly comic reversals.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/32713

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Thriller, Horror, Crime
- Director: Anthony Waller
- Cast: Marina Zudina, Fay Ripley, Evan Richards, Igor Volkov, Sergei Karlenkov, Alec Guinness, Aleksandr Pyatkov, Nikolai Pastukhov
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110604/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, chilling, darkly comic, late night horror viewing, cult movie marathon

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