A Short Film About Killing

Name: A Short Film About Killing
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Released: 1988
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan

1988 · 85 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 23,304 VOTES · DIR. Krzysztof Kieślowski

Overview

Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.

Dialogue Timeline — 385 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:50 Are you disposing of rags, mister Marian?

00:04:35 Hi!

00:06:57 This way to CastIe Square?

00:08:38 That is why I want to...

00:13:52 It is the impact through the convict.

00:16:57 Want some?

00:19:52 Sixteen? So cIose?

00:21:15 you join our company.

00:26:48 Just a few words. Good news for a few zIotys for my kid.

00:30:36 There are moments in Iife when you feeI that anything is possibIe

00:34:06 Is something wrong?

00:45:39 Wanna hear about a Iion

00:48:14 It's her husband.

00:52:43 In fact, it is.

00:54:09 in Karkowskie Przedmiescie street, I had been there...

01:00:06 Get me number twenty-four.

01:01:33 Yes... recentIy... thank you.

01:04:37 I did not Iisten, untiI the moment you caIIed out.

01:07:02 What do you mean?

01:09:20 Maybe I wouId not have been here.

01:11:54 Do it and give it to my mother.

01:14:06 I am reading the sentence.

01:16:48 Execute the sentence.

Cast & Characters

Miroslaw Baka Jacek Krzysztof Globisz Piotr Jan Tesarz Taksówkarz Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Przewodniczacy Komisji Barbara Dziekan Bileterka Aleksander Bednarz Kat Jerzy Zass Naczelnik Zdzislaw Tobiasz Judge Artur Barcis Mlody medczyzna Krystyna Janda Dorota

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed385

Dialogue density4.5 lines / min

First line00:02:50

Final line01:16:48

Production Record

DirectorKrzysztof Kieślowski

LanguagePolish

IMDb votes23,304