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A soldier must fight for his own survival as well as the cause of his people in this powerful drama from acclaimed Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski.

Product Identifiers

ProducerJerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska

EAN5021866019406

eBay Product ID (ePID)102245583

Product Key Features

ActorEmmanuelle Seigner, Iftach Ofir, Vincent Gallo, Zach Cohen, David L. Price

Film/TV TitleEssential Killing

DirectorJerzy Skolimowski

LanguageEnglish\Polish\Arabic

Run Time84 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2011

FeaturesWidescreen

GenreWar

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufacturePoland

ComposerPawel Mykietyn

Production DesignerJoanna Kaczynska

ReviewsLondon Evening Standard - This is an action film with intelligence, originality and flair

Additional InformationA pair of American security operatives (Zach Cohen and Iftach Ofir) are on patrol in Afghanistan when they stumble upon a Taliban fighter (Vincent Gallo), who kills them despite his terror and nervousness. While trying to escape, the Afghan is captured by American forces; he's tortured during interrogation, but doesn't tell the Americans anything, in part because an explosion has made it difficult for him to hear what they're saying. The Americans ship the Afghan off to a detention facility with a number of other Taliban soldiers, but upon arrival he's able to escape. However, the Afghan finds himself in a forbidding snowbound climate, and with no provisions or warm clothing he struggles to simply survive as he avoids his pursuers and struggles to find some way to get home.

Executive ProducerAndrew Lowe, Jeremy Thomas

ScreenwriterJerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleEssential Killing

EditorReka Lemhenyi

Director of PhotographyAdam Sikora

Consumer AdviceContains strong violence and language, once very strong