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Unsung, unnerving, undeniably creepy, behind the Iron Curtain suspense gem.

-Lead actress Marina Zudina did not speak English at the time, but as her character was mute, it did not really matter.

-The film was originally set in Chicago. The location changed when director Anthony Waller was told that Moscow would provide much cheaper sets and labor.

-This was the final film of Sir Alec Guinness who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the 1977 movie Star Wars. Reportedly he hated working on Star Wars so much, Guinness claims that Obi-Wan's death was his idea as a means to limit his involvement in the film.

Mute Witness

Running Time: 1:36:46 Rating: R Genre: Horror

Synopsis:

When a mute makeup/special effects artist working on a low-budget slasher film gets locked in a dilapidated Moscow movie studio late one night, she thinks she witnesses the making of a snuff film. Thus begins a night of terror when she and her two friends get trapped in a complex web of lies and life-threatening situations.

Starring:

Marina Zudina, Fay Ripley, Alec Guinness

Director:

Anthony Waller

Mute Witness

(1:36:46)

By: Mute Witness Released: 9/22/2009 Genre: Horror

13 Ratings

Billy Hughes, a mute makeup artist working on a slasher film being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there she witnesses a brutal murder, and must first escape capture at that time, then keep from being killed before convincing authorities of what she's seen.