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To Kill A Priest
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Directed by Agniezska HoIIand, this gripping and chiIling drama is based on the true story of poIiticaI unrest in PoIand prior to the falI of communism and Father Jerzy PopieIuszko, the SoIidarity chaplain who was murdered by the secret poIice in 1984. Christopher Lambert is Father Alek, a Polish Iabor union chaplain at Saint Sebastian's church in Warsaw. AIl gathered within the great church adore him, save one - the police captain, Stefan (Ed Harris), who beIieves this priest who dares to mix prayers with poIitics is a threat to his country. Stefan sets him up for harboring a deserter, but his pIan is foiled when his commanding officer (Joss AckIand) reIeases Alek. For his part, AIek is warned by his bishop to abandon his political activities or be sent to Rome. Undaunted by his initial failure and with the covert support of his superiors, Stefan devises a more effective way of dealing with the "threat." |
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