# A Short Film About Killing (1988)

> A stark Polish crime drama places an apparently senseless murder beside a meticulously administered execution to indict capital punishment and institutional violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5810

## Facts

- Runtime: 85 min
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cast: Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Barbara Dziekan, Aleksander Bednarz, Jerzy Zass, Zdzisław Tobiasz
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095468/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, austere, disturbing, serious film study, political cinema viewing

## Synopsis

A stark examination of morality and justice unfolds in this gripping narrative.

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