To Kill a Priest (1988)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1
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Critic Reviews: 1
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One of the first films by Polish director Agnieszka Holland to gain international acclaim, this drama is a joint French-American production based loosely on the real-life story of the dissident Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko. In the early 1980s, as the democracy and labor movement known as Solidarity was challenging Soviet authority in Poland, an outspoken priest, Father Alek (Christopher Lambert), defies martial law and continues to rally followers around the cause of Solidarity. The
Sep 7, 1988 Wide
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Christopher Lambert
Father Alek -
Ed Harris
Stefan -
Joanne Whalley
Anna -
Joss Ackland
Colonel -
David Suchet
Bishop -
Tim Roth
Feliks -
Pete Postlethwaite
Joseph -
Cherie Lunghi
Halina -
Gregor Fisher
Fr. Irek -
Charles Condou
Mirek -
André Chaumeau
Wacek -
Vincent Grass
Volak -
Nicolas Serreau
Staszek -
Brian Glover
Minister -
Paul Crauchet
Alek's Father -
Janine Darcey
Alek's Mother -
Wojciech Pszoniak
Bridge Player -
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Timothy Spall
Igor -
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Tom Radcliffe
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Matyelok Gibbs
Colonel's Wife -
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1)
The initial steps of To Kill a Priest are quite absorbing, generating an effective tension and historical purpose that sustains throughout the picture.
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