Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Germany, Poland | 1988 | 84 min | Polish

• Producer Ryszard Chutkowski
• Production Company Zespoły Filmowe "Tor"
• Screenplay Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
• Cinematography Wieslaw Zdort, Edward Klosinski
• Editing Ewa Smal
• Sound
• Cast Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz
• Contacts

  Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty. Their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind. The film won both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film. 

  
  

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