A Short Film About Killing

A Short Film About Killing

Infobox Film
name = A Short Film About Killing


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director = Krzysztof Kieslowski
producer = Ryszard Chutkowski,
writer = Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
starring = Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz
music = Zbigniew Preisner
cinematography = Slawomir Idziak
editing = Ewa Smal
distributor =
released = 1988
runtime = 84 min.
country = Poland
language = Polish
budget =
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imdb_id = 0095468

"A Short Film About Killing" ( _pl. Krótki film o zabijaniu) is a 1988 film directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski expanded from the original episode in the Polish television series 'The Decalogue'. Set in Warsaw, Poland, it compares capital punishment with murders committed by individuals. [cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/short_film_about_killing/about.php | title = A Short Film About Killing | work = Rotten Tomatoes | accessdate = 2006-09-27] . It is an expanded version of the fifth episode of "The Decalogue".

It won the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as the prize for Best Film at the European Film Awards.

ee also

*"Dekalog"
*"A Short Film About Love"

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