A Short Film About Killing

It’s March 1987. In the middle of nowhere, among the fields, Jacek murders a taxi driver, leaves his massacred body behind, and returns to the city in the victim’s car. The judge sentences him to death. Piotr, a young lawyer, is plagued by doubt — unsure if he chose the right line of defence.

written by: Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieślowski
director of photography: Sławomir Idziak
music: Zbigniew Preisner
production design: Halina Dobrowolska
costume design: Małgorzata Obłoza, Hanna Ćwikło
make-up: Dorota Seweryńska
sound: Małgorzata Jaworska
edited by: Ewa Smal
cast: Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan-Vajda, Aleksander Bednarz, Jerzy Zass, Zdzisław Tobiasz
production: Zespół Filmowy Tor
production management: Ryszard Chutkowski