To Kill a Priest

To Kill a Priest
To Kill a Priest
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay by	Agnieszka Holland ; Jean-Yves Pitoun
Story by	Agnieszka Holland
Produced by	Jean-Pierre Alessandri
Starring	Christopher Lambert; Ed Harris; David Suchet; Tim Roth; Joanne Whalley; Pete Postlethwaite; Cherie Lunghi; Joss Ackland
Cinematography	Adam Holender
Edited by	Hervé de Luze
Music by	Georges Delerue
Production; company	France 3 Cinéma
Distributed by	AMLF (France); Columbia Pictures (International)
Release dates	September 7, 1988 (France); October 13, 1989 (USA)
Running time	117 minutes
Countries	France; USA
Language	English

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 priest Jerzy Popiełuszko.^[2] It stars Christopher Lambert as a fictionalized version of Popiełuszko and Ed Harris as the secret police captain set to assassinate him.^[3]

Cast

Christopher Lambert as Father Alek
Ed Harris as Stefan
Joss Ackland as Colonel
Tim Roth as Feliks
Timothy Spall as Igor
Pete Postlethwaite as Josef
Cherie Lunghi as Halina
Joanne Whalley as Anna
David Suchet as Bishop
Jerome Flynn
Vincent Grass

Discography

The CD soundtrack composed and conducted by Georges Delerue is available on Music Box Records label (website). The main theme, "Crimes of Cain", was written and performed by Joan Baez.

Reception

Critical response

To Kill a Priest has an approval rating of 67% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 5.8/10.^[4]