---
title: 'Essential Killing (2010)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jerzy Skolimowski'
released: '2010-09-06'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
  - 'Ireland'
  - 'Hungary'
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/essential-killing-2010'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1561768/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Essential Killing (2010)

2010 · 83 min · War · Poland, Ireland, Hungary, Norway


## Synopsis

Essential Killing is a 2010 survival political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. Gallo stars as an Islamic insurgent who finds himself fighting for survival in a frozen woodland, pursued by soldiers.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Ewa Piaskowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-piaskowska), [Jerzy Skolimowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-skolimowski)
- **Producer:** [Zach Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/zach-cohen), [Jerzy Skolimowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-skolimowski), [Jeremy Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-thomas)
- **Director:** [Jerzy Skolimowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-skolimowski)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pawel Mykietyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/pawel-mykietyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Adam Sikora](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-sikora)

## Cast

- [Vincent Gallo](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-gallo)
- [David Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-price-3)
- [Emmanuelle Seigner](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuelle-seigner)
- [Ewa Piaskowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-piaskowska)
- [Zach Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/zach-cohen)
- [Stig Frode Henriksen](https://cinepixo.com/people/stig-frode-henriksen)
- [Nicolai Cleve Broch](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolai-cleve-broch)

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Official site: http://www.essentialkilling.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/essential-killing-2010
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