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In an award-winning performance (Best Actor- Venice Film Festival), Vincent Gallo plays Mohammed, a Taliban fighter captured by the US military in Afghanistan after a violent desert attack goes awry. While being transported to a secret detention center in Europe, the vehicle crashes and he suddenly finds himself free. But his newfound freedom quickly disappears as he is relentlessly pursued in a snow-blanketed forest by an army that does not "officially" exist. A critically-acclaimed, thinking man's action thriller, ESSENTIAL KILLING tells the story of one man's struggle for survival, where morality has no place as he confronts the necessity to kill in order to survive.
Original Release
09/06/2010
US Release
11/20/2010
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Vincent Gallo | Mohammed |
| Emmanuelle Seigner | Margaret |
| Zach Cohen | American Contractor 1 |
| Iftach Ophir | American Contractor 2 |
| Nicolai Cleve Broch | Helicopter Pilot 1 |
| Stig Frode Henriksen | Helicopter Pilot 2 |
| David L. Price | Interrogation Officer |
| Tracy Spencer Shipp | Young Soldier in Suv |
| Mark Gasperich | Head of Pursuit Team |
| Phillip Goss | Military Doctor |
Directors
Writers
Jerzy Skolimowski, James McManus, Ewa Piaskowska
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Vincent Gallo | Mohammed |
| Emmanuelle Seigner | Margaret |
| Zach Cohen | American Contractor 1 |
| Iftach Ophir | American Contractor 2 |
| Nicolai Cleve Broch | Helicopter Pilot 1 |
| Stig Frode Henriksen | Helicopter Pilot 2 |
| David L. Price | Interrogation Officer |
| Tracy Spencer Shipp | Young Soldier in Suv |
| Mark Gasperich | Head of Pursuit Team |
| Phillip Goss | Military Doctor |
| Klaudia Kaca | Woman on a Bicycle |
| Dariusz Juzyszyn | Logger |
| Raymond Josey | American Soldier |
| Robert Mazurkiewicz | Hunter |
| Janusz Wojtarowicz | Margaret's Husband |
| Pawel Baranek | Drunk Farmer 1 |
| Marcin Galazyn | Drunk Farmer 2 |
| David Jefferson | American Soldier |
| Donnell Knox | American Soldier |
| Geo D. Oliver | American Soldier |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Andrew Lowe | Executive Producer |
| Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Peter Watson | Executive Producer |
| Jerzy Skolimowski | Producer |
| Ewa Piaskowska | Producer |
| József Berger | Producer |
| Bjarne Bjørndalen | Producer |
| Ed Guiney | Producer |
| Ingrid Lill Høgtun | Producer |
| Marek Rozenbaum | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Essential Killing (Uk)
