A Short Film About Killing (1988) – Filming Locations
Crime / Drama · Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Starring Mirosław Baka, Barbara Dziekan
Jacek climbs into the taxi driven by Waldemar, tells him to drive to a remote location, then brutally strangles him, seemingly without motive.
Where was A Short Film About Killing filmed?
- Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw – Opening sequences establishing the city and the taxi driver's daily routine. The gritty urban landscapes of communist-era Warsaw provide the film's naturalistic backdrop and emphasize the alienation and moral decay of the city
- Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw – The brutal murder sequence between Veronka and the taxi driver in a desolate location. Kieślowski uses the barren, undeveloped periphery of Warsaw to heighten the violence and isolation of the killing scene
- Warsaw, Poland, Warsaw – The trial sequences and judicial proceedings against the killer. The courtroom scenes were filmed in actual Warsaw legal institutions, grounding the moral questioning about capital punishment in Poland's real justice system