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Essential Killing
Essential Killing

Essential Killing

Run to live... kill to survive.

Genres

ThrillerWar

OverView

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

Others

Budget

$3654073

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

84 mins

Rating

5.805/10

Release Date

06 September 2010

Country

Hungary

Cast

Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo

Mohammed

Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

Margaret

David L. Price

David L. Price

Interrogation Officer

Zach Cohen

Zach Cohen

American Contractor 1

Iftach Ophir

Iftach Ophir

American Contractor 2

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Nicolai Cleve Broch

Helicopter Pilot 1

Stig Frode Henriksen

Stig Frode Henriksen

Helicopter Pilot 2

Dariusz Juzyszyn

Dariusz Juzyszyn

Logger

Janusz Wojtarowicz

Janusz Wojtarowicz

Margaret's Husband

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