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Short Film about Killing (A)

Country: Poland, Language: Polish, 84 mins

Original Title

Krótki film o zabijaniu
  • Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Writer: Krzysztof Kieslowski; Krzysztof Piesiewicz
  • Producer: Ryszard Chutkowski

CGiii Comment

A masterpiece.


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The(ir) Blurb...

The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct - a senseless, violent, almost botched murder is followed by a cold, calculated, flawlessly performed execution (both killings shown in the most graphic detail imaginable), while the murderer's idealistic young defence lawyer ends up as an unwilling accessory to the judicial murder of his client.

Cast & Characters

Miroslaw Baka as Jacek Lazar;
Krzysztof Globisz as Piotr Balicki;
Jan Tesarz as Waldemar Rekowski;
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as Przewodniczacy Komisji;
Barbara Dziekan as Bileterka;
Aleksander Bednarz as Kat;
Jerzy Zass as Naczelnik;
Zdzislaw Tobiasz as Judge;
Artur Barcis as Young Man;
Krystyna Janda as Dorota