![]() ![]() In spite of Piotr's efforts, Jacek is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. Piotr has little chance of winning the case against Jacek because of the strong evidence against his client. He is interviewed by his criminal defense lawyer, Piotr, for whom this is his first case after finishing his legal studies. Some time later, Jacek is caught and imprisoned. At their destination, Jacek murders Waldemar, by strangling him with the rope and then hitting him repeatedly with a large rock. He asks to be driven to a remote part of the city near the countryside and insists the driver take a longer and more remote route. He stops near the café just as Jacek approaches and enters the cab. Meanwhile, Waldemar has been driving his taxicab around the city looking for a fare. Jacek is later revealed to have been deeply traumatised by the death of his sister. He puts away the rope and stick when he spots two girls playing at the other side of the window and he engages in a game with them. ![]() At the same café, Jacek is sitting at a table handling a length of rope and a stick which he keeps in his bag. He takes his wife to a café where they discuss their future. Piotr Balicki ( Krzysztof Globisz) is a young and idealistic lawyer who has just passed the bar exam. He seems to take pleasure in causing other people's misfortunes: he throws a stranger into the urinals of a public toilet after being approached sexually he drops a large stone from a bridge onto a passing vehicle causing an accident and he scares away pigeons to spite an old lady who was feeding them. Jacek Łazar ( Mirosław Baka) is a 21-year-old drifter who recently arrived in Warsaw from the countryside and is now aimlessly wandering the streets of the city. An overweight and crude man, he enjoys staring at young women. Waldemar Rekowski (Jan Tesarz) is a middle-aged taxicab driver in Warsaw. A Short Film About Killing 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. Set in Warsaw, Poland, the film compares the senseless, violent murder of an individual to the cold, calculated execution by the state. Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film was expanded from Dekalog: Five of the Polish television series Dekalog. A Short Film About Killing ( Polish: Krótki film o zabijaniu) is a 1988 drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, and Jan Tesarz. ![]()
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