| To Kill a Priest | |
| Director: | Agnieszka Holland |
| Screenplay: | Agnieszka Holland Jean-Yves Pitoun |
| Story: | Agnieszka Holland |
| Producer: | Jean-Pierre Alessandri |
| Starring: | Christopher Lambert Ed Harris David Suchet Tim Roth Joanne Whalley Pete Postlethwaite Cherie Lunghi Joss Ackland |
| Music: | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography: | Adam Holender |
| Editing: | Hervé de Luze |
| Studio: | France 3 Cinéma |
| Distributor: | AMLF (France)[1] Columbia Pictures (International) |
| Runtime: | 117 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| 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 the 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.
The CD soundtrack composed and conducted by Georges Delerue is available on the Music Box Records label (website). The main theme, "Crimes of Cain", was written and performed by Joan Baez.
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.[3]