Murder (1957)
- Original title
- Morderstwo
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- Poland
- Runtime
- 2 min
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 43 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man is killed in a dark room. The short film shows the murder take place and the murderer's actions afterwards.
darkshadowytenseminimalistbleakclaustrophobicunnerving
What happens
Morderstwo (English: Murder) is a short film written and directed by Roman Polanski in 1957. This was Polanski's first completed student short at the State Film School in Łódź, Poland. The film takes place predominantly in darkness and in one room. It introduces ideas Polanski revisited throughout his career. Alternative English-language titles for the film are Murder and A Murderer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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