A Short Film About Killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu) (1988)

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Directed by

Krzysztof Kieslowski

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Miroslaw Baka
Jacek

Krzysztof Globisz
Piotr

Jan Tesarz
Taksówkarz

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Przewodniczacy Komisji

Barbara Dziekan
Bileterka

Aleksander Bednarz
Kat

Jerzy Zass
Naczelnik

Artur Barcis
Mlody medczyzna

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Krzysztof Kieslowski
writer

Krzysztof Piesiewicz
writer

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14 years, 4 months ago at Sep 1 2:17

Hurjamieli

Loistava elokuva eihän siitä pääse yli eikä ympäri. Mieletön kuvaksellisuus, jota tuetaan mm. eri väristen filtterien avlla ja hiljainen tarinankerronta ovat omiaan nostamaan elokuvan tunnelman kattoon. Sivystysvaltion tuottaman laillisen kuoleman ehdoton kritiikki vailla turhia kaunisteluja. Erittäin raskas elokuva katsoa ja herättää varmasti tunteita.

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3 years ago at Jan 16 3:58

fernando

(MU) Putting aside the horrible but coherent photography, cold as the character, a meditation on crime and capital punishment, each as human as the other, no satanization...The victim is a creep...

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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

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Tags: 1980s (10), Poland (7), Polish (7), Murder (5), 1988 (4), Drama (4), Punishment (4), Killing (3), Hanged Cat (2), European (2), Kieslowski (2), Realism (1), Execution (1), Dying (1), Capital Punishment (1), Eating (1), Lawyer (1), Guilt (1), Drifter (1), Compulsion (1)

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