TY - BOOK AU - Kieslowski,Krzysztof AU - Tesarz, Jan. AU - Krzysztof Globisz AU - Miroslaw Baka AU - Zbigniew Zapasiewicz TI - A Short Film About Killing AV - DVD 002925 PY - 1988/// CY - Poland PB - Zespol Filmowy "Tor" KW - Drama KW - Crime N1 - The plot couldn't be simpler or its attack on capital punishment (and the act of killing in general) more direct - a senseless; Krzysztof Kieslowski N2 - A youth randomly, and brutally, murders a taxi-driver. Piotr has just passed his law exams and been admitted to the bar. He is to defend Jacek, the young murderer. There is no evidence for the defence and no apparent motive. Jacek is put on trial, found guilty and executed by hanging. Piotr, after his first case, is leftwith the bitter doubt - does the legal system, in the name of the people, have the right to kill with cold blood? UR - http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0095468/ ER -