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A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING

by Krzysztof Kieslowski

synopsis

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.

international title: A Short Film About Killing
original title: Krótki film o zabijaniu
country: Poland
year: 1988
genre: fiction
directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
film run: 84'
release date: PL 11/03/1988, FR 16/05/1988, DE 06/1988, CH 08/1988, ES 21/09/1988, IT 14/10/1988, SE 28/01/1989, NL 09/02/1989, DK 17/02/1989, HU 09/11/1989, FI 03/08/1990, TR 25/12/1992, GR 11/1995, UK 17/02/2008, RS 19/01/2013
screenplay: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
cast: Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz
cinematography by: Slawomir Idziak
film editing: Ewa Smal
art director: Halina Dobrowolska
costumes designer: Hanna Cwiklo, Małgorzata Obłoza
producer: Ryszard Chutkowski

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