To Kill a Priest (1988)

Directed by

Agnieszka Holland

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 57m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A persecuted priest in communist Poland becomes a symbol of resistance. A secret police officer is ordered to kill him. The story follows their dangerous confrontation.

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What happens

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. It stars Christopher Lambert as a fictionalized version of Popiełuszko and Ed Harris as the secret police captain set to assassinate him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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