A Short Film About Killing
1988·Poland·85 min.
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A youth randomly, and brutally, murders a taxi-driver. Piotr has just passed his law exams and been admitted to the bar. He is to defend Jacek, the young murderer. There is no evidence for the defence and no apparent motive. Jacek is put on trial, found guilty and executed by hanging. Piotr, after his first case, is leftwith the bitter doubt - does the legal system, in the name of the people, have the right to kill with cold blood?
DirectorKrzysztof Kieślowski
MusicZbigniew Preisner
CinematographySlawomir Idziak
CastMiroslaw Baka·Krzysztof Globisz·Jan Tesarz·Zbigniew Zapasiewicz·Barbara Dziekan·Aleksander Bednarz·Krystyna Janda·Artur Barcis·Olgierd Lukaszewicz
Original titleKrótki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing)