A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING
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 |