Essential Killing
“Run to live... kill to survive.”
A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
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Cast
9 people
Vincent Gallo
Mohammed
Known for
Buffalo '66
The Brown Bunny
Emmanuelle Seigner
Margaret
Known for
The Ninth Gate
Venus in Fur
David L. Price
Interrogation Officer
Known for
The Liberator
1983
Zach Cohen
American Contractor 1
Known for
Another World
Iftach Ophir
American Contractor 2
Known for
Greenhouse Academy
Nicolai Cleve Broch
Helicopter Pilot 1
Known for
Beforeigners
Ragnarok
Stig Frode Henriksen
Helicopter Pilot 2
Known for
Dead Snow
Norsemen
Dariusz Juzyszyn
Logger
Also in
Jasminum
The Career of Nikos Dyzma
Janusz Wojtarowicz
Margaret's Husband
No other roles listed
Jerzy Skolimowski Director · Ewa Piaskowska Screenplay James McManus Screenplay
Budget $3.7M · United States release November 20, 2010 · Produced in Poland, Norway, Ireland, Hungary, France
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Budget
$3,654,073
Production
Skopia Film
Production
Cylinder Production
Production
Element Pictures
Production
Mythberg Films
Production
Syrena Films
Production
CANAL+ Polska
Production
Poland · Norway · Ireland · Hungary · France
Produced in
The Essence of Killing
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Polish
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 2010
Theatrical
Poland · October 22, 2010
Theatrical
United States · November 20, 2010
Theatrical
Japan
October 25, 2010 · Digital
Türkiye
July 22, 2011 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 1, 2011 · Limited theatrical
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