To Kill a Priest (1989)
- Starring:
- Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, (more)
- Director(s):
- Agnieszka Holland
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
Synopsis of To Kill a Priest
One of the first films by Polish director Agnieszka Holland to gain international acclaim, this drama is a joint French-American production based loosely on the real-life story of the dissident Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko. In the early 1980s, as the democracy and labor movement known as Solidarity was challenging Soviet authority in Poland, an outspoken priest, Father Alek (Christopher Lambert), defies martial law and continues to rally followers around the cause of Solidarity. The Soviet-controlled Polish government enlists a police official, Stefan (Ed Harris), to stop the priest. Stefan, a devoted party follower, finds that the only way he can silence Father Alek is to have him killed. Along the way, however, the priest has a profound influence on Stefan. Among those in minor roles are Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Pete Postlethwaite, and Tim Roth. Holland would go on to direct The Secret Garden and Washington Square. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Complete Cast of To Kill a Priest
- Christopher Lambert - Father Alek
- Joanne Whalley - Anna
- David Suchet - Bishop
- Pete Postlethwaite - Joseph
- Gregor Fisher - Fr. Irek
- André Chaumeau - Wacek
- Nicolas Serreau - Staszek
- Paul Crauchet - Alek's Father
- Wojciech Pszoniak - Bridge Player
- Boguslawa Schubert
- Jean-Pierre Stewart
- Nick Taylor
- Philip Whitchurch
- Georges Birt
- Anne Marie Pisani
- Ed Harris - Stefan
- Joss Ackland - Colonel
- Tim Roth - Feliks
- Cherie Lunghi - Halina
- Charles Condou - Mirek
- Vincent Grass - Volak
- Brian Glover - Minister
- Janine Darcey - Alek's Mother
- Jerome Flynn
- Huguette Faget
- Tom Radcliffe - Young Soldier
- Matyelok Gibbs - Colonel's Wife
- Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
- Timothy Spall - Igor
- Director(s):
- Agnieszka Holland
- Writer(s):
- Jean-Yves Pitoun, Agnieszka Holland
- Producer(s):
- Timothy Burrill, Jean-Pierre Alessandri
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Profanity, Not For Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
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