A Short Film About Killing

Section: Close-up Krzysztof Kieślowski
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan, Aleksander Bednarz, Jerzy Zass
Duration: 1h 24m
Country: Poland
Language: pl
Year: 1988

Warsaw. A taxi driver is washing his car. Jacek, a young, obtuse-looking peasant, is wandering around the town. Piotr, a law student, is preparing for his final exam. Their destinies become entwined when Jacek hails the taxi driver for a lift into the suburbs. There he brutally murders him with a rock. He is arrested and Piotr is appointed as his lawyer by the court.