Essential Killing
Run to live... kill to survive.
2010 | 84m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Jerzy Skolimowski |
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| Writer: | Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska, James McManus |
| Staring: |
| A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 06, 2010 |
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| Director: | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| Writer: | Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska, James McManus |
| Genres: | Thriller, War |
| Keywords | breastfeeding, taliban |
| Production Companies | Canal+, Element Pictures, Skopia Film, Mythberg Films, Cylinder Production, Syrena Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $3,654,073 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Vincent Gallo | Mohammed |
| Emmanuelle Seigner | Margaret |
| David L. Price | Interrogation Officer |
| Zach Cohen | American Contractor 1 |
| Iftach Ophir | American Contractor 2 |
| Nicolai Cleve Broch | Helicopter Pilot 1 |
| Stig Frode Henriksen | Helicopter Pilot 2 |
| Dariusz Juzyszyn | Logger |
| Janusz Wojtarowicz | Margaret's Husband |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jerzy Skolimowski | Screenplay, Director |
| Ewa Piaskowska | Screenplay |
| Maciej Pawliński | Editor |
| Joanna Kaczyńska | Production Design |
| Adam Sikora | Director of Photography |
| Tomasz Matraszek | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Tomasz Krzemieniecki | Stunts |
| James McManus | Screenplay |
| Gabriella Németh | Hair Designer |
| Réka Lemhényi | Editor |
| Robert Kupisz | Hairstylist |
| Fiadhnait McCann | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Bjarne Bjørndalen | Line Producer |
| Paweł Stankiewicz | Musician |
| Anne Hamre | Costume Design |
| Janne Røhmen | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Robert Flanagan | Production Sound Mixer |
| Barbara Conway | Makeup Designer |
| Garret Farrell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Paweł Mykietyn | Original Music Composer |
| Marek Rozenbaum | Line Producer |
| Józef Skolimowski | Second Unit Director |
| Paweł Czajor | Casting |
| Tomasz Woźniczka | Additional Camera |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jerzy Skolimowski | Producer |
| Ed Guiney | Co-Producer |
| Ingrid Lill Høgtun | Co-Producer |
| Ewa Piaskowska | Producer |
| Andrew Lowe | Executive Producer |
| József Berger | Co-Producer |
| Beata Ryczkowska | Co-Producer |
| Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Andrzej Serdiukow | Co-Producer |
| Peter Watson | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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