Essential Killing

Sep 6, 2010

1h 24m

★ 5.8

Run to live... kill to survive.

Overview

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

Genres

Thriller

War

Production Companies

Skopia Film

Cylinder Production

Element Pictures

Mythberg Films

Syrena Films

Canal+ Polska

Essential Killing Trailers

Cast

Mohammed

Vincent Gallo

Margaret

Emmanuelle Seigner

Interrogation Officer

David L. Price

American Contractor 1

Zach Cohen

American Contractor 2

Iftach Ophir

Helicopter Pilot 1

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Helicopter Pilot 2

Stig Frode Henriksen

Logger

Dariusz Juzyszyn

Margaret's Husband

Janusz Wojtarowicz

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