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Essential Killing

"Run to live... kill to survive."

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2010 · 1h 24m
Thriller, War
Starring Vincent Gallo · Emmanuelle Seigner · David L. Price
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A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

Theatrical
Nov 20, 2010
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 12, 2011
Budget
$3.7M
Director
Jerzy Skolimowski
Writers
Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska, James McManus
Producers
Beata Ryczkowska, Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska
Music
Paweł Mykietyn
Studio
Skopia Film, Cylinder Production, Element Pictures, Mythberg Films, Syrena Films, CANAL+ Polska
Keywords
taliban breastfeeding
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Vincent Gallo
Mohammed
E
Emmanuelle Seigner
Margaret
D
David L. Price
Interrogation Officer
Z
Zach Cohen
American Contractor 1
I
Iftach Ophir
American Contractor 2
N
Nicolai Cleve Broch
Helicopter Pilot 1
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Stig Frode Henriksen
Helicopter Pilot 2
D
Dariusz Juzyszyn
Logger
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