The Day of the Jackal
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1973 |
| Country | United Kingdom, France |
| Director | Fred Zinnemann |
| Cast | Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Terence Alexander, Delphine Seyrig, Alan Badel |
| Genre | Political thriller |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Day of the Jackal | – |
| Español | Chacal | Chacal |
| Français | Chacal | Chacal |
| Deutsch | Der Schakal | Der Schakal |
| Português | O Dia do Chacal | O Dia do Chacal |
| Italiano | Il giorno dello sciacallo | Il giorno dello sciacallo |
| Русский | День Шакала | Den Shakala |
| 中文（简体） | 豺狼的日子 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 豺狼的日子 | – |
| 한국어 | 자칼의 날 | Jakal-ui Nal |
| ไทย | The Day of the Jackal | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Ngày của chó rừng | Ngay cua cho rung |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Day of the Jackal | – |
| 日本語 | ジャッカルの日 | Jakkaru no Hi |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which anonymous professional assassination and institutional counter-detection collide within a political order under mortal threat
■ Synopsis
A hired assassin prepares to kill Charles de Gaulle while French authorities attempt to identify and stop him.
■ RECIPE Tags
#ProfessionalAnonymity #PoliticalAssassination #CounterDetection #MethodicalPursuit
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Assassination as logistical design
Reason: The threat is built through preparation, identity fabrication, timing, and procedural precision.
Related Film: Day of the Jackal - Middle: State protection against invisible agency
Reason: The institution must confront an enemy whose power comes from anonymity and method.
Related Film: In the Line of Fire - Core: Procedure against procedure
Reason: The conclusion is structured as a contest between the assassin’s system and the investigators’ system.
Related Film: Munich
■ Secondary Axes
- Identity erasure: The killer’s strength depends on becoming a function rather than a person.
Related Film: The American - Political violence and pursuit: A public order is tested by a single concealed actor moving through civilian space.
Related Film: The Parallax View
■ Person
- Director: Fred Zinnemann
- Cast: Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Terence Alexander, Delphine Seyrig, Alan Badel
■ Structural Tags
#ProceduralPursuit #AnonymousThreat #CounterDetection
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedKingdom #France #1973Film
