To Kill a Priest
| To Kill a Priest | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Agnieszka Holland |
| Screenplay by | Agnieszka Holland Jean-Yves Pitoun |
| Story by | Agnieszka Holland |
| Produced by | Jean-Pierre Alessandri |
| Starring | Christopher Lambert Ed Harris David Suchet Tim Roth Joanne Whalley Pete Postlethwaite Cherie Lunghi Joss Ackland |
| Cinematography | Adam Holender |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Production company |
France 3 Cinéma |
| Distributed by | AMLF (France)[1] Columbia Pictures (International) |
| Release dates | September 7, 1988 (France) October 13, 1989 (USA) |
| Running time | 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 the priest Jerzy Popiełuszko.[2] It stars Christopher Lambert as a fictionalized version of Popiełuszko and Ed Harris as the secret police captain set to assassinate him.
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
- Jerome Flynn as Traffic militiaman
- Vincent Grass
Discography
The CD soundtrack composed and conducted by Georges Delerue is available on the Music Box Records label (website). The main theme, "Crimes of Cain", was written and performed by Joan Baez.
Reception
Critical response
To Kill a Priest has an approval rating of 67% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 5.8/10.[3]
See also
- Popieluszko: Freedom Is Within Us
References
- Back to citation "To Kill a Priest (1988)". UniFrance. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
- Back to citation To Kill a priest review, Entertainment Weekly, April 6, 1990
- Back to citation "To Kill a Priest". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
External links
- To Kill a Priest at IMDb
- To Kill a Priest at Box Office Mojo
- To Kill a Priest at Rotten Tomatoes