To Kill a Priest
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| Directed by | Agnieszka Holland |
| Starring | Christopher Lambert |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release dates
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October 13, 1989 |
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Running time
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117 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
To Kill a Priest is a 1988 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. The film tells a story based on the murder, under the Polish communist regime, of priest Jerzy Popiełuszko.[1] It stars Christopher Lambert as a fictionalized version of Popiełuszko and Ed Harris as the secret police captain set to assassinate him.[2]
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Cast
- Christopher Lambert as Father Alek
- Ed Harris as Stefan
- Joss Ackland as Colonel
- Tim Roth as Feliks
- Timothy Spall as Igor
- Pete Postlethwaite as Josef
- Cherie Lunghi as Halina
- Joanne Whalley as Anna
- David Suchet as Bishop
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The CD soundtrack composed and conducted by Georges Delerue is available on Music Box Records label (website). The main theme, "Crimes of Cain", was written and performed by Joan Baez.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). To Kill a Priest at IMDb
- To Kill a Priest at Box Office Mojo
- To Kill a Priest at Rotten Tomatoes
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- ↑ To Kill a priest review, Entertainment Weekly, April 6 1990
- ↑ To Kill a Priest at AllMovie
