A cabdriver is murdered by a derelict young man for no apparent reason. A young lawyer who has just completed his bar-exam is assigned as his public defender. Before the judge orders his client to be hung, there is not much the attorney can do but talk to the man. The film, part of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s DECALOGUE- cycle, has the fifth commandment as its subject – presenting the murder and the hanging with drastic brutality and in agonizing length. A passionate plea against the crime as well as the death-sentence.
Krótki film o zabijaniu / Ein kurzer Film über das Töten
POL 1987 / 58 min
Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Production Company: Zespoly Filmowe - Gruppe "TOR" - Warschau
A cabdriver is murdered by a derelict young man for no apparent reason. A young lawyer who has just completed his bar-exam is assigned as his public defender. Before the judge orders his client to be hung, there is not much the attorney can do but talk to the man. The film, part of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s DECALOGUE- cycle, has the fifth commandment as its subject – presenting the murder and the hanging with drastic brutality and in agonizing length. A passionate plea against the crime as well as the death-sentence.
Production Company: Zespoly Filmowe - Gruppe "TOR" - Warschau
