The Invisible Man (1984 film) use them himself in search of absolute power. The Invisible Man (1984 film) The Invisible Man () is a 1984 Soviet science fiction film directed by Aleksandr Zakharov based on the eponymous novel by H. G. Wells. Dr. Griffin, with no other motive than curiosity, undertakes research on the concept of invisibility. Having become invisible, he finds himself in an unfortunate combination of circumstances consisting of being suspected of murder and hunted down, forced to abandon the notebooks containing the notes of his experiences that would enable him to carry out the opposite process. His former classmate Dr. Kemp promises
Griffin (The Invisible Man) Griffin is given the first name "Hawley" in the title (as a reference to Hawley Crippen), and it is explained that the Invisible Man killed at the end of the book was actually a half-wit albino that Griffin made invisible as a guinea pig, allowing him to escape to Rosa Coote's boarding school, where he rapes at least three women while posing as the Holy Spirit until he is captured by the rest of the League. He is portrayed as a power-hungry psychopath and murderer, as in the novel, at one point killing a random policeman solely for his uniform